This charming rustic composition captures a pastoral barnyard scene featuring a Light Sussex-patterned rooster and hen foraging on a bed of hay before weathered vertical barn siding. Executed with textured impasto on canvas board, the work demonstrates an evocative handling of light, earthy tonal contrasts, and naturalistic animal anatomy. Barnyard and poultry themes have remained a celebrated staple of European and American genre painting since the 17th-century Dutch masters, treasured for bringing warmth, bucolic character, and timeless country aesthetic into traditional interiors. The piece is signed in the lower right and presented in a layered mat with a stepped silver-gilt frame.

Dimensions: 60 cm × 50 cm (outer frame)

Condition: Very good vintage condition with minor surface wear, subtle speckling, and gentle edge rubbing consistent with age and display on the outer frame.