Landscape Ocean Painting with Petrified Opalized wood

Landscape: Painting, Ocean 1

One-of-a-Kind

Petrified opalized wood, 18k yellow gold, silver, magnet.

6x6 inch painting features handmade crushed-rock oil paint on wood panel, set in a gold leaf frame. The petrified opalized wood is a removable pendant set in a combination of 18k yellow gold and sterling silver, and comes with a detachable 17 inch, 18k yellow gold chain.

Note: this pendant has a magnet that allows it to be part of the painting, which may interfere with medical devices such as a pacemaker.

Why Is This Unique?

First discovered in 2017 in Indonesia, petrified opalized wood like you see here is already mined out – the only way you can get your hands on it is finding old collections. Like many gems, the first excavated material was the best, with lines of translucent and incredible blue hues. Over millions of years, the inside of the tree rotted away and was replaced by opal silica, which in turn was infiltrated by copper, which changed it into the vibrant Caribbean palette. Different grades of blue are based on how much copper dissipates into the material.