Allegheny Cottage

This is one of my early oil paintings, created after more than twenty years of exclusively working with watercolor.

I’m somewhat surprised at the clarity of the photo here—older reference photos of my work are usually not this crisp. This house was unfamiliar to me, except that I loved its simplicity, the way it caught the sunlight, and how it contrasted against the dark pines. The apple trees were very nice in that they lead the eye toward the center of interest.

The road takes a sharp bend right at this spot. You'd never know a road was so close; I have no idea how they got to the house since I saw no driveway or parking area.