This is my first attempt at creating a larger mixed media canvas, building up colour from a black background. I made it for my brother, who is very musical, for his birthday (4th September); my parents have taken it with them over to Canada, where he lives. I hope that it has survived the journey and that he likes it. Happy Birthday! Unfortunately, although I took lots of close ups of the finished piece, I forgot to take a picture of the whole finished canvas; this photo is of the piece before I toned down some of the coloured areas with black gilding wax.
