This is a mixed media piece that I had a blast working on. Judy Tallwing (Apache Elder who shows her artwork at the American Visionary Museum) is a huge inspiration to me. I taught art for 20 years and one of the fieldtrips I made happen every year was to AVAM. As we took the tour, a docent said she was a Charm City Local. I don't know what came over me but I called her and asked if I could ever get her to come participate in a paid residency at the high school I taught in. She refused to be paid but graciously donated her time to come work with my students and teach them how to use metal paints that one can add acid washes to that then create gorgeous areas of copper and verdigris. I was so excited by the process that I have incorporated the process into dozens of paintings since then. This huge acrylic uses areas of this metal paint . I was so grateful to her and her willingness to donate her time, hundreds of dollars worth of materials and her amazing stories.