Most people don't ask this question outright, but surely many wonder what goes into a custom piece, and why they are so much more expensive than non-custom pieces?

Answer: Because they are made just for you, and take longer.

Since I don't frame my work myself, and because these pieces aren't completely flat and thin like a print, I field a lot of great questions about framing. Here are my recommendations.

This is so cool. I was recently approached about contributing a photo for the cover of a new book, and I jumped at the chance to do this. It's paper art meets literary art. This book is being re-released, and to give it a fresh, new look, the publisher chose my slanty, macro photo of the eastern Great Lakes piece to entice folks to give it a read. It's wonderfully fitting since the book is about a journey around each of the three eastern lakes -- Huron, Erie and Ontario. And I think it looks awesome! Check it out!

I've recently extolled the beauty and magic of the San Juan Islands here for you. Just south from there is the magnificent Puget Sound -- once a deceptive maze for explorers to find a way inland from the Pacific Ocean, and now a spectacular jumble of bays, fjords, and valleys. The Puget Sound design is now available in the shop in two sizes (8 x 10" and 12 x 12"), and you can click the photos below to take you to their respective listing. The design includes the Seattle and Lake Washington area on the east, to the Port Angeles area on the west on the Olympic Peninsula. And it stretches from the Strait of Juan de Fuca on the north to the state capital, Olympia in the south. In between, it catches most of the major islands in the sound, and the other port cities that call the area their home.