I made this after looking at the work of Darren Waterston, an artist I greatly admire. Not really much like his work, but I wasn't trying to copy him, anyway. He does amazing stuff with oil and watercolor paints, and I suggest checking out his site.

Wood texture from zentextures.com.

Made with Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0.

Listened to Silversun Pickups, My Bloody Valentine, and Kaizers Orchestra while working on this.

140 ppi (1260x938 px) version here.