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The word barn comes from the Old English bere, for barley (or grain in general), and aern, for a storage place thus, a storehouse for barley. Another word for 'barn' in Old English was beretun, "barley enclosure" (from tun: 'enclosure,' 'house', or beretun (barton), also meaning a threshing floor. However, the common English name for a grain storage building now is granary.
Modern barns may include a stable, from Latin stabulum INstall, fold, aviary (literally "a standing place,"), byre (cow shed, from bower which is from Old English bur "room, hut, dwelling, chamber," from Proto-Germanic *buraz (cf. Old Norse bur "chamber," Swedish bur "cage," Old High German bur "dwelling, chamber," German Bauer "birdcage")..., or stall, ...place in a stable for animals," from Old English steall "place where cattle are kept, place, position," and Proto-Germanic *stallaz (cf. Old Norse stallr "pedestal for idols, altar," Old Frisian stal, Old High German stall "stand, place, stable, stall," Germ...

My name is Bruce Nutting and for the first 55 years of my life, I got my masters degree, was a missionary and developed computer database programs. As it turns out my life had a lot of stress and in 2009 I retired. It was at that time, with the encouragement of family and friends, I embarked on my retirement "career" as digital artist. With that said, I went out and bought the finest touch screen computer I could find at that time. Since then I have studied from many professional fine artists and have read, seen & listened to hundreds of hours about painting as well as practiced digital painting and creating. One of the things that really encourage me the most is looking at the first paintings I did and the digital art I create now....