Paul Mullins' series of drawings and paintings suggest a portrait of rural contentment and tranquility. Mullins challenges the stereotypes of his mountain roots by elevating seemingly simple vignettes of what he terms “sad dog” portraits, fish, and fishermen. Drawn with Mullins’ signature elegant line and gestural brushwork, the artist creates humorous and lovingly rendered images that offers a window into an idyllic place in which all is right with this world. Mullins’ ease in combining sentiments and techniques of western wildlife art traditions into a contemporary context offers a witty dialogue of high and low culture, and gives a voice to the perceived simplicity of an idealized country lifestyle. There is a stunning sincerity in Mullins’ work, which claims a fierce sense of pride in his Appalachian past, yet remains tenderly tweaked by his ever present tragic-comic punch.