The Mistress of Melancholy Marsh

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Mistress of Melancholy

I have long been fascinated by the slithery, ghostly sort of nighttime mist that creeps along the ground like some sinister specter. I've actually seen this a few times in real life, more often in movies... most notably in the famed old Cecil B. DeMille film, The Ten Commandments, making visual God's tenth plague upon the Egyptians. It made a lasting impression on me, so when I began to develop this peculiar old house, and considered the setting into which it would be placed, the quiet, sinister, pervasive mist became an iconic element.

That thought notwithstanding, let me ask you: just who... or what... is the mistress of Melancholy? Is she the moldering old house, seemingly curtseying before the moon? Is she the ghost of some long-departed grande dame, sometimes drifting in a window or half-revealed in the mist? Or is she simply the unseen presence that inhabits this scene? I leave the answers -- if answers there be -- to you.

Mistress of Melancholy has been meticulously scanned from my finished watercolor and digitally printed with fade-resistant inks on specially treated heavyweight watercolor paper. I personally inspect your print, sign it, slip it into its protective clear plastic envelope, and include with it a page of helpful framing hints from The Haunted Studio.

Your enthusiastic satisfaction is of course guaranteed. If, for any reason, you are not thrilled with the print you receive, you may return it at my expense for full refund or exchange.

Premiere Limited Edition Print of Mistress of Melancholy

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in this larger format.
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Mistress of Melancholy is one of a growing series of Limited Edition prints close to each painting's original size, in an edition of 150 signed & numbered prints, produced to extremely high standards, on fine art paper, through the wonderfully faithful Giclée process. At left is a comparison of relative sizes of The Bonfire in Large Format vs. Premiere Edition sizes.

The Premiere Limited Edition
print image measures 17" x 24" on 22" x 28" paper

$149.00
including Priority Mail shipping in the US.

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LARGE FORMAT PRINT (13" x 19") The image measures 12" x 18" on 13" x 19" paper. Your finished, perfect print is carefully rolled for mailing to you. $59.00 Priority Mail postage FREE in US.	MEDIUM FORMAT PRINT (11" x 14") The image measures 7-1/2" x 9-1/2", within a charcoal-over-white double mat, plus rigid foam-core backing, ready to drop into any readily available 11" x 14" frame. $59.00 Priority Mail postage FREE in US.
Mistress of Melancholy is also available in new Small Format print size The image measures 4.5" x 6.5" within an 8" x 10" charcoal-over-white double mat, with rigid backing. For more information about Small Format prints, please click here.
The original watercolor painting has been sold. For available originals, please click here.