House Painting by Brian Sindler, Framed

Snow on the bushes, a warm orange window, and a driveway nobody has shoveled yet.

This house painting, framed, is by Brian Sindler, ca. 2024, acrylic on board. Nocturnes, paintings of night scenes, have a long history, generally prized for the way they turn ordinary places quiet and mysterious. A small house sits low under dark trees, its single window glowing amber with crossed mullions. Snow lies heavy on the shrubs at the right and blue-gray across the yard. A soft orange light catches the eave. The picture is set in a thin champagne-silver float frame. It is 13.5 inches wide, 2 deep and 9.75 high.

Cold outside, and very clearly not inside.