Albert Beirstadt is to blame for this painting. Kinkade did a version of it, as have many others. The mountains in the back are done in the Bob Ross knife technique, the landscape is like the Mt. Corcoran painting by Beirstadt and the cabin is straight up kinkadian. That tree.. that is a Sargenti tree, all the way. You could practically walk over there an pee on the thing, it's so real. :)