Bourbon Barrels # 2 Canvas Print

(Copyright Mel Steinhauer all rights reserved) All along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in a beautiful area between Lexington and Louisville, there are many quite famous Bourbon Distilleries. In this area, with waters that are naturally filtered through an underground limestone shelf, the world's finest bourbons are created. After the distilling process has been perfected and completed, it has to restored and slowly age in huge buildings known as "Rack Houses". Although each distillery has it's own unique methods and characteristics, their products all most go through an aging process like this in large wooden...Bourbon Barrels.

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My love for photography began as a boy when I was taught the basics by my father. During a tour of duty with an Army Combat K9 unit in Vietnam, I bought a professional model Nikon SLR camera and dreamed of becoming an artistic photographer when I returned home. A family of my own and a new career put that dream on hold for many years, but I had always enjoyed photography as an art form. Then, after surviving another kind of war with cancer back in 1997, I began to really see the beauty in our world. Ever since then I have been inspired with a new awareness of life and an improved photographic vision. This has compelled me to find beautiful scenes wherever I go and to share my favorite creations with others who may not have the time or...