I checked your profile to see if you had more ... and the owl is beautiful!
Thanks. The owl was something of an experimental piece. I’ve always tried to work in authentic media, including distilling my own gum and grinding my own gesso and pigments. I bought a bottle of miniatum size, a 20th century product, to play around with. If you notice the gilded border is slightly raised and has a higher polish than the gilded background it’s by virtue of the miniatum.