Peaceful Descent was created with acrylic paint, ink, and oil sticks, using a palette of turquoise and blues. The gallery wrapped 1.5" sides are thick and framing is not necessary. The sides of the painting are a shade of ultramarine blue from the painting. The painting arrives wired and ready to hang. I have signed it on lower front right and it arrives with a certificate of authenticity. The inspiration for this painting was a poem by Nathanial Hawthorne: The Ocean has its silent caves, Deep, quiet, and alone; Though there be fury on the waves, Beneath them there is none. The awful spirits of the deep Hold their communion there; And there are those for whom we weep, The young, the bright, the fair. Calmly the wearied seamen rest Beneath their own blue sea. The ocean solitudes are blest, For there is purity. The earth has guilt, the earth has care, Unquiet are its graves; But peaceful sleep is ever there, Beneath the dark blue waves.