Famous American Landscape Painting Size:40"x20" A quiet retreat into the

A quiet retreat into the heart of the forest

Pebbled earth and warm sandy ground ground the scene in real desert texture

glossy leaves anchor the flower at lower right

while slender green stems and tiny budding flowers fill the lower edge with detail

Famous American Landscape Painting Size:40"x20" A quiet retreat into theA dramatic twilight settles over a wooded river valley, the sky torn with smouldering scarlet and crimson clouds streaked through with pale turquoise. At the centre the sun sinks behind dark hills, leaving a band of luminous gold and lemon light along the horizon that mirrors itself in the still water below. Gnarled, silhouetted trees frame the foreground on either side, their bare branches dark against the burning heavens. The whole scene glows with