"The Mandalina Tree" (Framed Original Gouache Painting) This listing is for a

This listing is for a ten-page illustrated short story zine featuring my original story "The Adventures of the Yellow Watering Can" (723 words) typeset in a font created from my handwriting and accompanied by five watercolor illustrations created just for this story

—But to me there’s a kind of courage about bright colors

For example

and the humble-bee

and how we manage to go on living in the face of certain loss

"The Mandalina Tree" (Framed Original Gouache Painting) This listing is for aAbout This ListingThis is a 6x8 studio gouache painting completed on professional grade watercolor paper mounted to a cradled wooden panel 7 8 of an inch thick. To protect the water based gouache paint from moisture, the painting has been lovingly treated with a three step varnishing process consisting of a spray varnish suitable for water based media, an isolation coat, and two coats of UV resistant gloss varnish. The birchwood panel has been sealed