The Cabin That Learned Your Name

At first glance, it’s just a cabin in the woods. At second glance, it’s smiling.

The windows glow like watchful eyes, bright and unblinking. The stone steps line up into a neat, eager row of teeth, as if the house has practiced this expression before. It’s very proud of it.

This is not a haunted house so much as a performer. It knows the genre. It knows the timing. It waits until you notice the face and then it holds the grin, campy and unapologetic, daring you to laugh or scream first.

Inspired by cult horror and backwoods folklore, this watercolor leans into the delicious absurdity of evil with a sense of humor sharp enough to bite. The woods crowd close. The red glow turns theatrical. The house doesn’t chase, doesn’t lunge, doesn’t need to.

It’s already got you framed in its windows.

Painted in smoky blacks and blood-bright washes, this piece celebrates horror at its most playful: where menace winks, fear smirks back, and the cabin absolutely knows what it’s doing.

Watercolor illustration.
5" × 7" or 8" × 10" prints available.
Originally created as illustrated packaging art for a horror-inspired wax melt.