This eco-friendly oil painting is composed of oil paint with archival Italian plasters, gold leaf, and natural earth element mediums. Enlightenment was produced on heavy duty wood canvas and has 1.5" lightly textured black gallery edge, therefore needs no frame. I use three types of interior Plasters imported from Italy. The plasters are marble aggregate created at the legendary Carrara marble quarries. Even after these products are shipped across the Atlantic, they are ‘greener’ than traditional plaster finishes and qualify for LEED points under recycled content and innovation credits. Water-based oils over the textures with no added chemicals complete this original unique heavily layered artwork.