"Too Close To Death To Die" "I've decided to hike to the old mining town of Apparition, a hard trip that takes hours longer than planned. I'd heard that the only remaining building there was the undertaker's, and that he was also the town's barber and surgeon. It was said he could barber, butcher, or bury with equal enthusiasm. As darkness envelops the canyon, a wreck of a building looms suddenly before me. I decide to spend the night in its shelter, but sleep evades me. It is past midnight when I hear stamping of hooves, snorting, gentle neighs. Peering through a shattered window, I see moonlight flooding the dead town, alive now with the unliving -- spectral horses, ghostly miners raising no dust as they converge on the saloon. Faint laughter, tinkling piano, the snap of cards, aces and eights. I feel myself being slowly drawn from the undertaker's world... into the night... into the heart of Apparition." The painting itself was inspired by my sudden thought one day, that as a painter, working in the West, with a love of haunted places... how could I have for so long ignored ghost towns? The painting you see here combines structures and images that came to life as I carefully researched the wealth of material available in Arizona's largest libraries, and on the web. With a stack of sketches before me, my imagination kicked in, and ultimately my brush took command. Small Print size is 4.5" x 6.5" within an 8" x 10" charcoal-over-white double mat, with rigid backing. This size is ideal for framing in any standard 8" x 10" photo frame. Medium Print size is 7.5" x 9.5", double matted (charcoal over a white liner), backed with rigid foam-core board, ready for framing in any readily available 11" x 14" frame. Shipped Priority Mail. Large Print size is 12" x 18" on 13" x 19" paper. After I carefully inspect and sign your print, I'll slip it into its protective clear plastic envelope and carefully roll it for mailing to you, together with a page of helpful framing hints. Shipped Priority Mail. Small Print: $29.00 Medium Print: $59.00 Large Print: $59.00 FREE Shipping within the United States. Hawaii and Alaska please contact us for a shipping quote. Canadian Shipping: Click the "Add to Cart" shipping button one time for your entire order. International Shipping: Must contact us for a shipping quote. Please include your FULL Shipping Address.   Canadian Shipping: $7.95 International Shipping: Shipping Information: International Orders must and include your full shipping address, unless purchasing only, any free shipping specials we may offer. Shipping is FREE within the United States. Shipping is by USPS Priority Mail within the United States and by First Class Mail for International orders. Orders ship within 24 hours. IMPORTANT! Purchaser is responsible for any import duties, custom charges, taxes, or any other charge that your country may randomly, or not randomly, apply to any Canadian or Internationally shipped order. HIH Store Information: Canadian/International Customers: Do not combine purchases in the HIH Store with any purchase of Haunted Art or vice-versa. Although all Haunted Art Prints can be shipped worldwide, consider them different stores, as the HIH Store only ships to the United States at this time. Thank you and happy haunting! HIH PayPal Shopping Cart. Secure Online Shopping. : Return to Haunted Art Home Page : All art print graphics and text are used with permission and Copyright © Lewis Barrett Lehrman. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2001- • Halloween is Here!