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Alcohol inks are truly a fascinating medium--as you drop them on the paper, they create circles and push out other pigments. This was really fun to paint and is an interesting composition with circles in circles in circles. It is not framed, but I can frame it in a floating frame without glass if you wish ($79). Otherwise, it comes with just a mat for $59. Either way, I will varnish it so that it is protected no matter what.

I love making art, but my day job is wildland firefighting. I fell backwards into fire management after earning a degree in Forestry. Most of the summer, I travel to fire assignments, predicting fire spread and behavior one day or several weeks in advance with the goal of helping managers make good decisions about ongoing wildfires. I've held positions in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, in Christchurch New Zealand, and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Fire behavior prediction involves fire science, knowing the 'art' of fire, and some computer wizardry. Wildfire can indeed be destructive, but in the natural environment, fire means renewal, regrowth, and a diverse landscape patchwork. My...