My wife’s office had no windows. After being inside there for as many hours as she is, she asked if I would paint her a window. Now, I try to be a good husband, so I pulled out some reference photos and got to work. The photos I used came from Northern California, Mount Shasta, Washington State, trees from the Olympic Peninsula, and a couple of deer I found online.
I confess I enjoy creating this type of piece. A natural-looking image that has been created by adding images from different areas. You might wonder why a lake is meandering through the trees instead of being a big body of water. Well, sometimes, two or three lakes are joined by a tributary. I found this out while camping at Priest Lake in Idaho a few summers ago. Now, I say all of the above to let you in on a secret. The tributary on this painting is actually a road. Yep, it’s asphalt. If you throw in enough imagination, a road can become a lake, and a mountain from California can fit as well.
This is the window I created for her. She was pretty pleased with it, took it to work, and hung it on the wall. I received a kiss and a hug, and all was right in the world.