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Grand Canyon layered canyon walls in warm amber and copper tones, cool shadowed geology, lavender misty sky, fine art landscape photography by Tamara Gooch.
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Layers of Time — Grand Canyon Fine Art Print

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Every layer of rock visible in this image is a chapter in a story that began before complex life existed on earth. The Grand Canyon is the most legible geological record on the planet — two billion years of earth history written in horizontal bands of limestone, sandstone, shale, and schist, each stratum a different color, a different texture, a different era — and Layers of Time presents that record with a clarity and a grandeur that makes the image feel less like a landscape photograph than like a portal into deep time. The warm amber and copper of the illuminated canyon walls glow against the cool grey of the shadowed layers with an extraordinary tonal complexity — the light finding some surfaces and leaving others in shadow, the result a composition of almost infinite depth that rewards long looking and reveals more detail with every return. The lavender-toned mist in the upper sky softens the transition between the ancient geology below and the atmosphere above, giving the image a painterly, almost watercolor quality that throws the sharp, warm-lit rock faces into even sharper relief. This is the Grand Canyon not as overview or as panorama but as geological portrait — the camera pointed not at the vast sweep of the landscape but at the walls themselves, the layered record of time that makes this place unlike anywhere else on earth. Each band of color is a different chapter — the pale limestone of ancient seas, the red sandstone of desert dunes, the dark schist of the canyon's deepest and most ancient heart — and the whole together is a library of earth history written in stone and light. On ChromaLuxe Metal or Lumachrome HD TruLife Acrylic, the extraordinary tonal depth and the geological grandeur of Layers of Time make it the most intellectually rich and visually sophisticated landscape piece in the Grand Canyon collection — a natural companion to Canyon Fire for collectors drawn to the American Southwest at its most ancient and most awe-inspiring.

Limited edition of 50. Photo © copyright by Tamara Gooch.

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ULTRA LUMACHROME® HD TRULIFE® ACRYLIC PRINT

ULTRA LUMACHROME® HD TRULIFE® ACRYLIC PRINT

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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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CHROMALUX MUSEUM QUALITY METAL PRINTS

CHROMALUX MUSEUM QUALITY METAL PRINTS

CONTEMPOARY FINE ART METAL PRINTS

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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Gallery Quality FloatPlaq

Gallery Quality Float Plaq

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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Layers of Time — Grand Canyon Fine Art Print print

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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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