The second of three art pieces displayed here on Flickr, this oil painting has always intrigued me. Sitting in my father's livingroom, I have spent a lot of time pondering this image. Is the building on the top of the mountain a cabin, a lodge, or a house? Where is it in the world? Did my mom paint it from a memory or somthing in her dreams? I truly love the wonderful, chilly quality of this painting. Looks like something described from a Jack London book!

*please excuse the flashed areas: I wasn't really planning to use these images so I used a flash for this quick picture: in the future, I'll take a proper picture of each of my mom's paintings.

This image was taken during my trip to San Francisco during September 12-15, 2011.