Plein air painter John Evens shows off his work of the Golloway Barn at the Van Buren County Fair in Keosauqua, Iowa. The barn was was destroyed by high winds from a severe thunderstorm just hours after a group of plein air painters documented the structure's final day of existence. (Photo by Will Smith/The Hawk Eye via AP)
By Will Smith (Associated Press) - Printed in the Quad City Times July 29, 2018
As the old cliche goes, timing is everything.
It's just not always the greatest thing.
No one can say whether it was fate, divine intervention or just weird luck that demolished the Galloway barn near the Van Buren County Fairgrounds July 19, but the timing couldn't have been more surreal. The official cause of the barn's destruction was high wind from a severe thunderstorm, which isn't exactly news in Iowa.
"I didn't even hear about it until I was on my way here (the fair) this morning," said plein air painter John Evans of Richland.
Evans received a text about the destruction while driving and hardly could believe what he was reading after he pulled over. He was there less than 24 hours before.
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