"Painted prior to 1930. Room at Keach's farm which I have painted so much."
"Of warmer things there are some interiors that are heartening. A Country Interior and A Country Sitting Room... I like either of these rooms quite as much as anything Henry Ford could recreate of the period of my great-great.'
"....in which a curlicued iron stove radiates comfort....."
This painting was painted during a period when Woodward was making a study of interiors. He painted as many as 3 interiors of the Keach residence, as well as his own studio interior and many sugarhouse interiors. It is believed he was seeking a replacement for the loss of his Redgate Studio from which he frequently painted the interior woods just behind the studio lost to fire in December 1922.
Another vantage point of the room is found in it's sister A Country Sitting Room. In the lower left portion of A Country Interior you can see the plants and table found in A Country Sitting Room.
Another important note to make about this painting is that while it only exhibited once in Woodward's lifetime. It was a personal favorite of his. It remained in his personal collection and hung in his home until his death along with a number of other paintings he could not let go unless a museum or collection made an offer on it.