Seagrass (canvas wrap) bird The acid oxidized copper paints

The acid oxidized copper paints that I used for the clouds gives it sleepy quality especially with the full moon peeking through

On the original the sky was created using imitation silver leaf for the background

This gives the artwork depth and texture (by applying plaster) and a beautiful "glow" because of the silver leaf used and the antiquing stain applied in many layers

Arizona Minimalist Sunset  is a one of a kind hand embellished reproduction using our raised “Molten Metals” process

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

Seagrass (canvas wrap) bird The acid oxidized copper paintsSeagrass originally was done because we were going to Florida to do a month worth of shows, in January, to escape Colorado's cold. It was fun to do something different than my typical mountain tree scenes. I tried to capture the beautiful tonal quality in blues and greens between the sky and water. If you look closely, you can see a fine bead of silver (using our Molten Metal process) where the sky meets the water. That tiny glimmer is what makes this