Rosa Portogallo Salmonato Marble

In 1999, we brought this marble back from Carrera, Italy, in a suitcase! It was an interesting piece from a quarry coring of a large block. It sat high on a shelf for over two decades. Finally, deciding I should do something with it, I took it to the studio. Looked at it some more. An Eagle came to mind, probably because of the top edge depicting the outline of an Eagle that I didn't see until someone mentioned it after I painted the Eagle! My husband saw in the grain a water stream flowing from the other peak; thus, the trees and mountains. And of course, I just had to keep the raw stone and the drill holes. I love how this evolved.