if i could live in a painting...

i sometimes think it would be nice to live in fictitious places, especially when you want to escape from your own life (like at the current moment). I've often gotten lost in a good book or been engrossed into another world by a movie, or even a commercial for that matter...but paintings leave so much more to the imagination. these are a few i wouldn't mind getting lost in right now...

image courtesy of attic gallery

image courtesy of frederick collord gallery

image courtesy of peter williams gallery

image courtesy of ellen jorgensen

image courtesy of rolin hills

image courtesy of aheridia's weblog

"sunny afternoon" by ka cooper image courtesy of about.com

image courtesy of paintings and poems of ireland

image courtesy of beaulieu fine arts

image courtesy of flickr

image courtesy of jennifer young

image courtesy of dominic white studio

image courtesy of ann langston

image courtesy of clarke galleries

image courtesy of daily painters

image courtesy of empty easel

image courtesy of kenneth eugene peters

image courtesy of warren dreher

image courtesy of crosshatch studio

"abandoned farmhouse" by tina palmer image courtesy of paragon fine art

image courtesy of lisa hartmann

image courtesy of terry sauve

image courtesy of bradford remick white

"island farmhouse" by fairfield porter image courtesy of image kind

image courtesy of elaine beckwith gallery

and i think i'd pretty much live in any painting by andrew wyeth...

image courtesy of the literate housewife review