the last ride in
An October Night at Wilsons’ Apple Orchard
Every year, our family visits Wilsons’ Apple Orchard, in the beautiful rural hills just north of Iowa City, to “Take a Walk, Eat an Apple,” as Joyce and Chug Wilson encourage all their visitors to do. If you visit here, you will likely be greeted by Hawkeye the dog with licks and kisses, something about which my seven-year old is never thrilled. You will enjoy sampling any of the one hundred seventy varieties of apples they grow, as you hike the hills. One night, we were running late, but since Grandma was visiting from Florida, we wanted to be sure she experienced Wilsons’ Orchard with us before her flight home the next morning.
After walking, picking and eating our fill, we got on “The Last Ride In” with Chug, and the awesome beauty of the orchard and pumpkin patch on that most beautiful, clear, full harvest moon October night was impressed on all our memories. As I rode the tractor ride, I knew I had to do this painting, and three years later, here it is!
Shop prints
Choose your preferred size and finish. Prints are available unframed, matted or framed:
| Image Size: | Unframed: | Matted: | Framed: | |
| Open Edition Lithograph | 6″ x 5″ | $49 | $89 | $199 |
| Limited Edition (500) Lithograph | 14″ x 11″ | $89 | $159 | $269 |
| Limited Edition (100) Canvas Giclee | 17″ x 14″ | $399 | — | $599 |
| Blank Art Cards Set of 4 | 5.5″ x 4.25″ | $20 | — | — |
Detail Print Editions
In addition to the full painting, collectors can choose from these detailed cropped editions, each highlighting a unique part of the artwork. Each detail print is professionally reproduced with a white border (no mat needed), sealed in a clear poly sleeve, titled and hand-signed in pencil by Suzanne, and sized to fit standard frames. Please identify your choice of print from the choices below when you place your order:
| Print Size | Unframed: |
| 8″ x 10″ | $39 |
| 11″ x 14″ | $49 |
| 17″ x 13″ | $69 |
Other Ways to Collect This Artwork
The Last Ride In ornament
$26.00
Packaged for gift-giving
Signed on reverse
2.5″ x 1.75″ decoupaged wood
Wilsons Orchard Sign Ornament
$26.00
Packaged for gift-giving
Signed on reverse
1.75″ x 2.5″ decoupaged wood
Artist Notes & Community
The Cahoon Museum of American Art
“The Last Ride In” an October night at Wilson’s Apple Orchard original painting by Iowa City artist Suzanne B. Aunan was chosen to be part of the exhibit: “The Apple of My Eye (artists of the past) and The Tempting Fruit (contemporary artists). The exhibit was at the Cahoon Museum on Cape Cod, MA September 18-November 10, 2001 with an opening reception, 5-7 p.m. on Friday, September 21, 2001. The Cahoon Museum of American Art is named in honor of the late contemporary primitive painter, Ralph Cahoon (1910-1982), and is housed in his former home and studio, a 1775 Georgian colonial building. The Museum’s permanent collection ranges from folk art portraits by William Matthew Prior to marine paintings by James E. Buttersworth. Several special exhibitions are scheduled annually to complement the permanent collection. But the heart of the collection, and a continuing focus of the exhibition year, are the paintings of Ralph and Martha Cahoon. The Museum Store has reproductions of their work which are available for purchase.