Preston,
it usually takes Linda a couple of days -- part-time -- to produce something like this. Some of it is just put it together and see if it works. If it doesn't, move it around and get a feel for the overall dynamics of the piece. There's a lot of stuff here: the relative size of each image, background images vs foreground, color balance, movement.

This one was planned as a large print and they've already ordered 10 and want a huge print as well for an office wall-hanging. The horses are just gorgeous and with subjects like that, it's hard to create something that isn't beautiful but I think Linda has a particular talent for these.

Thanks for the comments. I'll be sure to pass them along.

Jim