The Treehouse

A watercolor scene - a weathered treehouse perched in a bare tree, a ladder leaning against the trunk, and a small figure standing at a distance with an umbrella, watching rather than climbing. The bare branches and soft blue-grey sky give the piece a quiet, slightly melancholic mood, and the choice to keep the figure grounded rather than heading up is what makes the image linger, there's a story implied in that distance that the painting never explains.