Michael Aram Butterfly Ginkgo Easel Frame darren_google_jr The pastel colors of Dyann

The pastel colors of Dyann Gunter's impressionist painting Living Water are re-created here as a hand-finished gicl

the doors and steel base frame are finished in old gold

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native lemons and green dates

A hand-applied metal leaf butterfly is presented on watercolor paper with a deckle edge

Michael Aram Butterfly Ginkgo Easel Frame darren_google_jr The pastel colors of DyannThe Butterfly Ginkgo Collection celebrates the representation of flora as fauna. Michael's fascination with a particular type of ginkgo tree, the Ginkgo Biloba, or "Butterfly Ginkgo", which grows with a double leaf reminiscent of a butterfly's wings, gave rise to a fantasia image of the plant. Executed at the highest level of handcraftsmanship, each piece is rendered in solid brass with hand etched cocoon shaped vessels. The pieces in the collection