I actually kinda liked the impressionistic mountains from the first image, but they didn't go with this map. The revised mountains look pretty good to me.

You might dial back the drop shadow on the forests, as it's making them look a bit like they're wax stuck to the map.

The only other quibble I have is with the font for the cities—that font's capital D's look like O's, particularly when small.

A very nice piece, and I'm sure your Aunt will be proud to hang it up.