Long Skinny Aspens *Shipping will be added and local pickup discount does not apply. map The metal is antiqued and

The metal is antiqued and a coat of varnish is then applied over the entire piece

I painted the original Florida Still Waters Run Deep over the nautical chart of the Straits of Florida using thin washes of acrylic paints to allow the place names to show through including south Florida

so I painted the colors at the same time over a wet map

The original Nine Trees was inspired by seeing the super moon illuminating the trees against the night sky

it does not include the raised dimensional metal (this is a photo of the metal in the original)

Long Skinny Aspens *Shipping will be added and local pickup discount does not apply. map The metal is antiqued andLong Skinny Aspens Sheet music was used to create the tree trunks because I think it resembles the bark of aspen and birch trees so well. I also love to think how beautiful the leaves sound blowing in the breeze tying into the music. Raised silver was used for the peaks and hand embellished metallics are done at the horizon line. I like the look of the metallics trickling down into the earth, all part of the decomposing process. *Michele Long Skinny