The original artwork here by George Bellows — The Red Vine, Mantinicus Island, Maine is a coastal New England scene by American artist George Bellows (1882–1925), known for his paintings, lithographs, and depictions of American city and landscape life.

This cross-stitch design depicts a hillside community on Maine’s Mantinicus Island. A white house with dark windows stands in the foreground among trees, plants, and a clothesline hung with white laundry. Behind it are more homes, rooftops, a pale road climbing the hill, and dense green foliage. A large red-brown vine or shrub provides a strong central contrast against the greens, blues, whites, and sunlit yellow tones of the island landscape.

Bellows painted several works during visits to Maine, where he focused on rural homes, shoreline communities, gardens, woods, and changing coastal light. Mantinicus Island, located off the coast of Maine, gave him a subject far removed from his better-known urban scenes and boxing paintings. This work reflects his interest in strong color, simplified forms, and the daily character of an inhabited landscape.