Rustic Cottage - Montezuma Georgia 5x7 Greeting Card by Mark Tisdale.

This Montezuma Georgia greeting card features a rustic cottage that has had broad appeal. The inspiration for the image on this card was a mixture of a local single-pen cottage that had seen better days and a photo my grandfather took decades ago.

In that old photo, my grandmother is half seen in the doorway. The actual subject of the photo was their youngest son on the steps outside. But the unintentional image of my grandmother half in shadow had stayed in my mind a long time and this rustic cottage called to me as well. I wanted to capture it as it might have been.

People often tell me that this rustic cottage artwork reminds them of someone special in their life - frequently a mother or grandmother. And I have to admit, this card is one of my own frequent go-to cards when I need to send someone a special note.