It may be that the good life is as apparent to the eye as it is to the mind or the heart. To see it is to know it. Lakeside Hideaway, the first in my new print collection of the same name, portrays elements of such a life as I understand it.

Here we find the seclusion and sublime peace that nature can bestow. The humble cabin, with a small boat equipped for an evening's fishing, introduces a comfortable human element. Sunset over the majestic snow-capped mountain, (based on studies I did near Oregon's famous Mount Hood) underscores the grandeur of creation. To me, the scene is tremendously moving and inspirational; life at its best is surely charged through and through with God's glory.

-Thomas Kinkade