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>> It's no secret that ag moves

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the Indiana economy. But for

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this next story, the word moves

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as it relates to Indiana

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agriculture takes on a

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completely different meaning.

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Think Ag as art. Mary-Rachel

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Redman is here to explain.

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>> Well his name is Roy Boswell

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and with each stroke of a paint

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brush he's showing the world how

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Indiana agriculture is moving in

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a way we Hoosiers often take for

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granted.

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♪

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>> Of course, there's Monet and

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from the ballet, the beauty of

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Renoir. Founding fathers of

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paintings. Fast forward over a

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century and one Hoosier has

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taken his late 19th century

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movement to the Midwest. More

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specifically to Indiana farms.

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>> My first painting I started

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painting farm equipment and the

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cards are my dad because he's

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slowed down and that's his job.

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>> Roy grew up on a family farm

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in southern Indiana. Started

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outs a landscape architect major

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at Purdue but decided it was

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painting not plotting soil that

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captured his passion.

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>> Had a real interest in art

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and that didn't seem like I

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would actually be able to do. I

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tried water color. Didn't

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particularly work out too well.

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>> But he met an artist in Brown

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County that introduced him to

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pastels, oils and acrylics and

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ever so slowly his dream began

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to take shape.

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>> I started drawing the

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tractors and as time went by

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they became stand-ins for my dad

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and brother because I didn't

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know how to draw people at the

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time. I've learned since.

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>> And teachers and mentors

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alike told Roy painting farm

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equipment probably wasn't a good

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idea given who typically

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purchases the art hung in most

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households.

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>> Most things women move the

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market. You know, I'm one of the

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few artists I think that paints

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something that is pretty

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masculine and driven in that

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direction. Most of my clients

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are men. Women will buy it and

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it's for their dad, grandfather

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or somebody they love grew up on

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a farm. So they kind of want to

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memorialize that.

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>> Perhaps the tag line on his

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Instagram profile is the best

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way to describe Roy Boswell's

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mission as an American

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impressionist showing the

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Midwest farm through the eyes of

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one of its son's.

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>> I have people they'll have

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family over and tell them

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doesn't this remind you of, you

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know, when dad or grandpa used

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to drive the tractor. You know,

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it's nice that it kind of brings

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back this thing to them, a time

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that, you know, is no longer

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there because it's something

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that I think people are always

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kind of get ahold of and

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occasionally you get it, it's a

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nice thing to hold on to for a

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little bit.

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>> Just amazing. Well you can

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check out more of