Country House

Here we have a medium sized print of country house, or as I've gathered, most likely a 'cottage' but not the kind of cottage you think of when you think of ex-NHL players in micro mansions on Lake Rosseau.

No, this is probably a piece loosely based on the Charles James Lewis work 'English 19th Century Victorian Cottage Garden' or something similar and of the same nature.  Frankly, paintings and illustrations of scenery found right in your back garden seemed to be popular subject matter at the time, and who could blame them?

Lush, beautiful greenery hugs the wall of this building with the image of a pond or lake down a path in the background. There were times in my young adult life where I would feel trapped while working a shift at the busiest store in the busiest mall in the busiest city in this country, moving thousands and thousands of dollars of fancy tech (tens of thousands? hundreds of thousands maybe on product launch days) while daydreaming about being able to escape and just lay down amongst some scenery like this, very little available to break my mood outside of the threat of insects or a sunburn or nuclear war, at worst. 

I'd like to think the gorgeous wooden frame is the highlight of this piece, but really, it's whatever it unlocks in your mind as you drift. This overgrown foliage could appear to you as "a lot of work" or simply "an opportunity for rest". It's kind of a glass half full type of thing you can hang on your wall.