This was my first time going to the Smoky Mountains. My first time going to the mountains. I live by the Ozark Mountains, the Boston Mountains, and the only National River. While it is a georgouse place that will always hold a special place in my heart they are not considered to be mountains by anyone who doesn’t live here. Tectonic plates made the Smokies, the Ozark Mountains were made similarly, a little be before the Smokies the Springfield Platue rose up from the ocean. After that streams and rivers carved out the valley’s creating mountains, caves, valleys, hollows, and the tallest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalacieans. Theses mountains are similar to the Ozarks, old, covered in trees, and beautiful. Much of the wildlife is the same. This is my first picture of bear, but the third I’ve seen in the wild. This one I actually tried to find, the other two not so much. In many ways the Ozarks and the Smokies are the same. Dolly Wood is the sister park to Silver Dollar City, the people are the same, came from the same hills, the same traditions, the same small town, simple, mountain life.

This bear was only about a year old at the time, lounging on a hill under a tree crunching on something just people watching.

All of the prints will have a small white border, which will not be seen when matting/framing.

This is available with or without a gray matt.

With the matt, you will need a one-size bigger frame. For an 8x10 print, you will need an 11x14 inch frame. An 11x14 print will need a 16x20 inch frame.

All of my prints are archival inkjets, with ink rated to last without fade for 100 years in proper storage or display. The sun will fade prints if they are not protected and extreme impurities in the air.

The frame is not included.

Glass is not included.

Each print will be signed. Either on the matt or on the print, with silver ink.

This is not ready to hang, you will either need a frame or some other kind of hanger, this is either just the print or the print with a matt that will fit a frame. If you buy one with the matt then you will need to take the matt that comes with the frame out. No additional backing is needed, but if the frame has room for it, it will make the print more stable.

When selecting shipping you have to choose the option that is for PRINT ONLY. It is clearly labeled. If you selected any other option then I can not ship it to you. If you selected the frame option then I can not ship it. This print does not come with a frame. You can either have it with matt or without matt. Those are your only options.

Colors may vary based on the monitor.