Room With A View, an epic work created early in my career The painting was clearly inspired by early masters of the mythology of the American West, but it also displays the distinctive touches that would define my later works

    I placed my frontier camp under a majestic peak where the inhabitants have a spectacular view.  The lack of other people in the scene, suggests the harmony of man and nature, as it does in many of my mature landscapes.  Room With A View is a landmark from the earliest days of my career as the Painter of Light
 
— Thomas Kinkade