Canada by Choice This is truly a mixed

This is truly a mixed media piece as it is done on a copy of an antique map

this piece took a considerable amount of time and effort to obtain the softness and many layers of the underlying feathers

This particular piece was "constructed" through photographs taken of old interesting fence posts and visits to the Nature Museum in Ottawa for views of Great Horns up close

Staedtler Marker and acrylic paint

The map I purchased

Canada by Choice This is truly a mixedThe Queen Frederica crosses the Northern Atlantic in the 1950's. Completed in graphite, Staedtler Marker and acrylic paint. This is truly a mixed media piece as it is done on a copy of an antique map. The map I purchased, scanned and produced Gicle prints to use for this and future pieces. The original was done a private commission commemorating the emigration of a friend's father leaving Italy and coming to Canada to start a new life.