"Threatening" reflects George Inness's recurring fascination with unsettled, dramatic weather, rendered in the soft, atmospheric brushwork of his mature style rather than the sharply detailed panoramas of the earlier Hudson River School. The painting's moody, darkening sky exemplifies Inness's belief, shaped by his Swedenborgian religious convictions, that landscape painting should evoke emotional and spiritual feeling rather than simply record a scene.
Printed edge to edge on a soft, durable woven area rug with a comfortable, non-slip feel.
