Black Forest Petrified Wood

A painting made while the Artist in Residence at Petrified Forest National Park in the Black Forest region of the desert. I was amazed by the incredible colors and patterns captured in these amazing rocks that are nearly 2 million years old. In the stone, I could even see the rings of the trees, patterns of the bark, and cracks along branches. The original painting of this piece was 16x20 inches, and was painted to scale with the petrified wood piece.

The wood was not cut to look like this- it breaks naturally along smooth planes (think of what happens when we drop a piece of chalk- it splits into rounds, and the jasper and other compounds in the petrified wood have the same fracture patterns).

Archival museum quality giclée print that replicates the colors of the original painting. Signed by hand. Flat rate five dollar shipping in the US.