Well, at least I got a decent photograph of this piece, but it wasn't easy. I had to angle to flash funny because the black ink is shiny and I didn't want any big white spots on the piece there or on the gold leaf. Also, the photoshopping took longer than normal and the color is just a tiny bit off but overall pretty good for having to use a camera.

The piece is supposed to look like an illumination from a manuscript, at some later date (can't say when really, ,maybe never) I intend to incorporate it for a dec letter, or at lease use the design to create a dec letter. But for now, you get this.

And here's your link for the evening. This is perhaps the funniest and most polite way to show the world how much you hate something: a website with effecient powerpoint slides. Unfortunately it doesn't work on Mozilla browsers, for some mysterious reason. Now, I'm off to go discuss literature with Margo.
Angel 11" x 8.5" Gouache, papyrus, gold leaf, india ink (c) 2006