why people move to the country

allegorical painting (the painter) (oil on canvas 42"x40")

why people move to the country and what happens to them once they get there (oil on canvas 36"x40") sold

We moved to Idaho in, what was it, 2002 to build a house and live on some land in the woods and learn where it all comes from. The house was solar electric and we had a well dug and i learned how to build as i built it. We lived 15 miles from town. Our son went to school in town. I worked in town. My wife worked in town. That became a lot of time spent in the car. But our place was ours and it was beautiful but in the end it did not work out and we had to move back to Portland in 2008.


Oh, it is nice to be back.