American Nature and Art

          On the UVA site on Tocqueville it says, "He (Tocqueville) wrote in Democracy in America: 'Europeans think a lot about the wild, open spaces of America, but the Americns themselves hardly give them a thought.'"
This is thoroughly evident from looking at the works for the Hudson River School; the majority of the art is of nature.  So much artistry revolves around painting landscapes...and I've witnessed this, in the summer at lakes - seeing painters creating their interpretation of the nature around them.  The following are a few pieces that I really liked because of their representation of nature; they seem to portray nature as a safe haven -- a wonderful, peaceful place to be: