Ahh my floating technique is a trade secret.  It certainly adds interest to the piece.  The matboard that the paper is floated on has a purple hue though it is gray; and it works as a perfect background to make the colors within the artwork pop.  A beautiful shade of black matting surrounds the entire image. A very grained frame completes the framing.  This particular frame was chosen because it’s the type of wood you might see on a pier as you sit on the sandy shore watching the sun fall into the horizon at day’s end.