MONTANA BEYOND

The print

This is a high-quality print of a hand-drawn map on premium Archival Matte Paper - a thick, neutral white paper (230g, like card stock) with a smooth surface.

My frames

My frames are made from high-quality, solid wood with a walnut veneer. By using veneers, I can provide high-quality, authentic wood frames while keeping costs down.

Each frame is 1 1/4" x 3/4":

Width: 1.25"
Depth: 0.75"
Rabbet: 0.50"

★ My maps come without glazing (clear covering). This way, they're visible in all lighting conditions and can be photographed from any angle without glare.

Note from the artist

An array of hundreds of dots, this map portrays the dry, desolate landscape of ravines, coulees, and badlands surrounding the beautiful Fort Peck Lake and UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge.

Fort Peck Lake lies in a 1.1 million-acre (445,154-hectare) protected region called the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge – a prairie habitat that used to cover a quarter of the United States. This area has remained mostly undisturbed since the Lewis and Clark expedition passed through in 1805.

Once the railroads reached Montana in 1880, commercial and passenger boat traffic up the Missouri River slowly ceased. At the height of the Great Depression in 1933, President Roosevelt ordered the construction of the Fort Peck Dam for flood control and job creation.