Medium: Colored Pencil.

Nutmeg: (Myristica fragrans) The trees that produce nutmeg grow very tall but do not produce fruit for the first 9 years of existence. From then on they will produce prolifically for more than 75 years, with little attention or assistance. The fruit of the Nutmeg tree is fleshy and fragrant when first picked. Inside is a hard shell covered with a red vest, (mace). The mace and nut are separated and dried. The hardened nut is then broken to reveal the nutmeg inside. It has a strong fragrance and warm aromatic taste.

High in the mountainous temperate Rainforest of Trinidad is the Asa Wright Nature Centre. Here a visitor can see the fauna and flora of the Rainforest up close and enjoy tea on the long wooden veranda of the age-old Victorian mansion. For one week in January, 2007, Christine attended a workshop where she had the opportunity to study the plants and tropical birds of the temperate Rainforest. The renderings that resulted from that experience can be viewed here and captured within the artist's book: Come With Me to the Rainforest of Trinidad.

Please note that this product in unframed.