This is a beautiful melody of colour. The colour was built up with multiple layers of acrylic paint and then i applied oil pastels in the forefront. It's so much pretty in person. It also has metallic paints which gives it a bit of shimmer, very difficult to capture on photo. The sides of the canvas are painted a rick dark brown and the staples are on the back of the canvas. It's ready to hang, no need for framing. International buyers please convo me for a shipping quote. Signed and dated on the back of the canvas It's strechted on 1 1/2 inch frame Sold on Oct 16, 2008