The Dust Rider | Limited Edition Black & White Western Art
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There are images that transcend their subject and become something else entirely — not a photograph of a thing but a feeling, a myth that has been living in the American imagination for a hundred and fifty years waiting for exactly this frame. Dust Rider is one of those images. A cowboy on horseback rides directly away from the camera into a billowing dust cloud of extraordinary luminosity, his silhouette dark and certain against the backlit haze, his chaps and rope the identifying details of a working cowboy and yet the image is not about the work. On either side of him the ghostly shapes of horses emerge and dissolve in the dust, barely there, present enough to tell the story. The dust is the subject as much as the rider — backlit to a warm, almost incandescent luminosity that fills the frame with a quality of light that photographers spend careers chasing and rarely find, the kind of light that makes everything it touches feel simultaneously real and mythological, present and eternal. This is the cowboy of the American imagination made visible — not the romanticized figure of film and fiction but the actual working man, in dust, riding into the difficulty and beauty of the life he has chosen, and in that authenticity finding something that reaches all the way to legend. A natural companion to Dust and Destiny — Western Fine Art Print, The Gather — Western Fine Art Print, and The Wait — Colorado Cowboy Fine Art Print, Dust Rider stands as the most atmospherically powerful and mythologically resonant single-rider image in the western collection. On ChromaLuxe Metal or Lumachrome HD TruLife Acrylic, the extraordinary luminous quality of the backlit dust, the strong cowboy silhouette, and the ghostly cattle shapes render with exceptional tonal depth and atmospheric presence — making Dust Rider one of the most universally compelling and collector-commanding images in the entire body of Tamara Gooch's western work.
Limited edition of 50.
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The Lumachrome® HD Acrylic Print using TruLife® acrylic is the finest image display medium available today. The archival process features vivid, brilliant colors that last well over 120 years with incredible 3D depth. When lit with quality lighting, the reactive properties of this material make it literally come alive. Coupled with the revolutionary TruLife® abrasion resistant acrylic which VIRTUALLY ELIMINATES reflections and glare and blocks up to 99% of UV rays, offering the highest resolution viewing experience possible. Your print will have a 1/8 inch thick acrylic surface with an aluminum backing and an HD 1.375" ROMA back mounted recessed floating frame allowing your artwork to appear to “float” on the wall for an awe-inspiring, contemporary presentation. Your print arrives ready to hang.
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These prints represent a new art medium for preserving photos by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets. The finished images will take on a magical luminescence. Colors are vibrant and the luminescence is breathtaking. Detail and resolution are unsurpassed make any space come to life.
The Aluminum prints are gallery mounted on 2mm black Styrene and finished with a black edge and a black metal inset frame that floats the print ¾” off the wall when hung.
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FloatPlaqs give your art dimension to appear as if it is floating off the wall. FloatPlaqs are quickly becoming a favorite for fine art galleries world-wide. Each photograph is mounted on an acid-free 3/8" thick eco-friendly wood surface finished with a beveled edge, and given a 3/4" deep backing to create a floating effect.
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With all fine art paper prints either FujiFlex Chrystal Archive, Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 or Hahnemuhle Bamboo papers will be used. Each paper is chosen to best enhance and showcase each individual limited edition print for impressive print quality ensuring your artwork has outstanding expression and soul.
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