The sides are painted and it is ready to hang This is a layered painting using acrylic for the origanl abstract painting and an overlay of varnish but about 60 times thicker than varnish and added pigments making an opaque varnish painting above the other painting. Absolutely stunning abstract art absolutely stunning THICK heavy flexible pigments and enamel based home grown media~ I am just SO PROUD of this work! These will be mostly gallery shown, but I always like to actually talk to my customer base so I will put some out here for you as well Beautiful colors~ These will sell for $5 an inch once gallery represented! NOTE TO ALL : I HAVE A LAWYER AND COPYRIGHTS RESERVED FOR THESE PAINTINGS IN THIS SERIES ANY ATTEMPTS TO COPY MY WORK WILL BE MET WITH AN IMMEDIATE LAW SUIT