Hillside Farms is a beautifully atmospheric 24×36-inch oil on canvas by Rex Fluty (1934–2015), renowned for his minimalist American rural landscapes. This expansive composition features three barns perched along a distant ridge, framed by bare winter trees and a vast rolling field rendered in warm earth tones.
Fluty’s work blends American Regionalism with a quiet tonalism, creating still, reflective scenes that evoke memory, solitude, and the poetry of open land. His paintings from this period are prized for their subtle gradations, muted palette, and meditative calm.
Acquired in Europe and now offered by Artfind Gallery, Washington DC, this piece is ideal for collectors of American countryside art, modern regionalism, and serene landscape painting.
Rex Fluty (American, 1934–2015)
Untitled Rural Landscape – 24×36 in., Oil on Canvas
This 24×36-inch oil landscape by Rex Fluty presents a sweeping rural panorama painted with his signature restraint, warm tonal palette, and emotive quietude. The composition features three modest farm structures resting along a distant ridge beneath a crisp pale-blue winter sky. Bare trees stretch upward, their skeletal branches offering a delicate counterpoint to the low, geometric barns and sheds.
The foreground is a vast, rolling field rendered in rich ochre, sienna, and raw umber tones. Light flecks of white—likely representing pebbles, snow remnants, or late-season seed tufts—scatter across the hillside, adding texture and lived-in detail. The old fence posts, irregularly spaced and leaning at angles, trace the land’s slow erosion and history of rural use.
Fluty’s controlled brushwork creates a seamless gradient between land and sky, delivering an atmosphere of isolation, nostalgia, and calm. As in his other landscapes, the absence of human figures intensifies the emotional quiet, inviting the viewer to inhabit the stillness of rural America. The painting is signed “Rex Fluty” lower right.
Born: 1934, Arkansas, USA
Died: 2015, Oklahoma, USA
Movement: American Regionalism / Modern Tonalism
Known for: Rural landscapes, barns, winter trees, minimal and atmospheric composition
Rex Fluty was an American realist and regionalist painter whose art captured the emotional stillness of rural life. Born in 1934 in Arkansas, he grew up surrounded by farmland, dirt roads, and small barns that later became the foundation of his visual vocabulary.
Fluty was largely self-taught, but he refined his technique through regional art leagues and plein-air groups across the American South and Midwest. By the mid-20th century he had established his stylistic identity: quiet, simplified landscapes emphasizing architecture, atmosphere, and the melancholy of open fields.
His involvement in regional art exhibitions throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri brought him a loyal collector base. His paintings remain especially popular among collectors of:
American rural realism
Mid-century regionalist painters
Tonalist and minimalist landscapes
Architecture-focused countryside scenes
Fluty’s work appears frequently in private collections in the U.S. and Europe and was often acquired through boutique galleries, regional art fairs, and specialist Americana dealers.
Rex Fluty (American, 1934–2015)
Hillside Farms
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 36 in.
Signed lower right.
A classic Fluty winter landscape featuring three barns on a distant ridge, warm ochre earth tones, and minimal tonal sky. Quiet, atmospheric, and highly collectible.
Artist: Rex Fluty (American, 1934–2015)
Title: Hillside Farms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24 × 36 inches
Signature: Signed “Rex Fluty” lower right
Period: Mid–Late 20th Century
Artist Background: American regionalist painter known for serene, atmospheric barn landscapes. Exhibited extensively throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Condition: Excellent; stable canvas, clean surface, no repairs detected.
Provenance:
Rex Fluty Studio, USA
Private Collection, Europe
Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — current owner
Rex Fluty Studio, United States
Private European Collection
Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — current owner and representative
Hillside Farms is a beautifully atmospheric 24×36-inch oil on canvas by Rex Fluty (1934–2015), renowned for his minimalist American rural landscapes. This expansive composition features three barns perched along a distant ridge, framed by bare winter trees and a vast rolling field rendered in warm earth tones.
Fluty’s work blends American Regionalism with a quiet tonalism, creating still, reflective scenes that evoke memory, solitude, and the poetry of open land. His paintings from this period are prized for their subtle gradations, muted palette, and meditative calm.
Acquired in Europe and now offered by Artfind Gallery, Washington DC, this piece is ideal for collectors of American countryside art, modern regionalism, and serene landscape painting.
Rex Fluty (American, 1934–2015)
Untitled Rural Landscape – 24×36 in., Oil on Canvas
This 24×36-inch oil landscape by Rex Fluty presents a sweeping rural panorama painted with his signature restraint, warm tonal palette, and emotive quietude. The composition features three modest farm structures resting along a distant ridge beneath a crisp pale-blue winter sky. Bare trees stretch upward, their skeletal branches offering a delicate counterpoint to the low, geometric barns and sheds.
The foreground is a vast, rolling field rendered in rich ochre, sienna, and raw umber tones. Light flecks of white—likely representing pebbles, snow remnants, or late-season seed tufts—scatter across the hillside, adding texture and lived-in detail. The old fence posts, irregularly spaced and leaning at angles, trace the land’s slow erosion and history of rural use.
Fluty’s controlled brushwork creates a seamless gradient between land and sky, delivering an atmosphere of isolation, nostalgia, and calm. As in his other landscapes, the absence of human figures intensifies the emotional quiet, inviting the viewer to inhabit the stillness of rural America. The painting is signed “Rex Fluty” lower right.
Born: 1934, Arkansas, USA
Died: 2015, Oklahoma, USA
Movement: American Regionalism / Modern Tonalism
Known for: Rural landscapes, barns, winter trees, minimal and atmospheric composition
Rex Fluty was an American realist and regionalist painter whose art captured the emotional stillness of rural life. Born in 1934 in Arkansas, he grew up surrounded by farmland, dirt roads, and small barns that later became the foundation of his visual vocabulary.
Fluty was largely self-taught, but he refined his technique through regional art leagues and plein-air groups across the American South and Midwest. By the mid-20th century he had established his stylistic identity: quiet, simplified landscapes emphasizing architecture, atmosphere, and the melancholy of open fields.
His involvement in regional art exhibitions throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri brought him a loyal collector base. His paintings remain especially popular among collectors of:
American rural realism
Mid-century regionalist painters
Tonalist and minimalist landscapes
Architecture-focused countryside scenes
Fluty’s work appears frequently in private collections in the U.S. and Europe and was often acquired through boutique galleries, regional art fairs, and specialist Americana dealers.
Rex Fluty (American, 1934–2015)
Hillside Farms
Oil on Canvas, 24 × 36 in.
Signed lower right.
A classic Fluty winter landscape featuring three barns on a distant ridge, warm ochre earth tones, and minimal tonal sky. Quiet, atmospheric, and highly collectible.
Artist: Rex Fluty (American, 1934–2015)
Title: Hillside Farms
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 24 × 36 inches
Signature: Signed “Rex Fluty” lower right
Period: Mid–Late 20th Century
Artist Background: American regionalist painter known for serene, atmospheric barn landscapes. Exhibited extensively throughout Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri.
Condition: Excellent; stable canvas, clean surface, no repairs detected.
Provenance:
Rex Fluty Studio, USA
Private Collection, Europe
Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — current owner
Rex Fluty Studio, United States
Private European Collection
Artfind Gallery, Washington DC — current owner and representative
