Broad limestone steps rise through the garden, half hidden by banks of pink roses, white flowers and silvery sage. Fallen petals lie scattered on the treads, and at the top the view opens to olive trees, two cypresses and hazy hills. Warm light rests on the stone, so the painting carries a sense of gentle invitation, as if the garden continues just out of sight.

A vertical climb like this works well in an entryway or beside a staircase, and it adds soft color above a dresser in a bedroom. The Flowering Steps belongs to the French Country Light collection, nine paintings of a stone country house and its gardens, and it hangs well with The Rose Gate and The Shaded Terrace.

• Hand made in the USA
• Gallery-wrapped canvas with neatly folded corners and a mirrored bleed
• As a 1.5-inch gallery-wrap, in a floating frame (natural, black or white), or in our Gold Ornate Frame
• Sizes from 12x16 to 40x60 inches
• Arrives ready to hang