I took painting up when I became a substitute teacher and needed something productive to do while sticking close to home and the phone. It is the only painting I have that shows part of the house we lived in for many years in Douglas. That house was incredibly special because all my children were born and grew up while we were in that house. Selling it was a hard lesson in detachment. The painting shows the blue woodstove in the basement and several vintage bowls that are still with me.