This is a watercolor I did from a photo taken by my beautiful bride.
The frame is a red oak ellipse 15"Hx21"W outside, with a 2"wide border. Routed 1/2" rabbit on the back for the painting and glass, and 3/8" roundover on the front edges. There are maple splines (8" long, 1/8" thick, 1.5" deep) through the right and left edges where the oak is joined.
The cattails are a simplified version of Bruce Worthington's "Dragonfly on a Cattail", reduced to 10" tall and w/o the dragonfly (maybe I'll add one later, on the other side of the frame). Intarsia is 1/4" BB Ply backer, Poplar leaves, Black Walnut cattails. The points on the cattails are the BB Ply backer. We couldn't agree on whether the cattails should be vertical or leaning to one side, so they are pinned to the frame with a 1/4" dowel at the base, left unglued. We can change the angle, or remove the cattails if needed for packing.
