A friend reached out wanting a wedding present for her sister. The two got engaged in the California redwood forest, and she wanted to capture the height and majesty of the trees. Additionally, Psalm 103 was to be featured in their wedding, so I elected to highlight verses in hand done calligraphy in contrast to the rest of the typeset psalm.
Fortunately I had a pen, nib, ink that had miraculously not dried out, and a book on copperplate calligraphy. I looked at the alphabets for reference and gave it a go....
I painted a monochromatic blue illustration of two redwoods merging together in the sky, then put everything together.
This is not the final frame — the glass on this frame broke as I put the print inside. You think you've finished a project, and then....!