"Sedona Morning"
Oil on Panel
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| Description | Size | Price |
| Oil on Panel |
6 x 22.25 in (15.2 x 56.5 cm) | Sold |
| Giclée Print | 6 x 22.25 in (15.2 x 56.5 cm) | inquire |
| Giclée Print: (Artist's Proof) | 6 x 22.25 in (15.2 x 56.5 cm) | inquire |
Custom sizes and formats available contact: rgeoffrey@rgeoffrey.com
"Sedona Morning"
"This is the 3rd and last
painting of a series of Sedona area panoramas including;
"Road to Sedona" and
"Sedona Burbs". It came about from a trip to
Sedona, Arizona in Oct of 2005. I was on the road to
Sedona driving from the south having come from Scottsdale. It was a
gorgeous morning with big puffy clouds rolling in from the west.
I stopped the car several times and hiked off the road and
shot dozens of pictures–The air was clean, brisk and
fragrant with desert smells. The ground still sparkled with
dew–wow!
When I got back to Salt Lake
City, I loaded my Sedona trip pictures onto my computer where they
sat unloved for a year and a half. When I finally
started painting "Sedona Morning" in September of
2008 it took me two months to finish — many
brush-in-hand
hours later. (I also painted
"Red Dawn" during the same period). I added a some
wildlife (6 animals) to bring some drama into the piece.
Some of the wildlife is hard to find. The fun is in the
looking. . .
The panoramic layout of the painting, a 6"x 22" panel,
was selected so I could create various
"Sedona Morning" giclée limited edition print versions in
larger
sizes. I painted in my usual hyper-detailed style so the
final image could be significantly enlarged from original painting
to make this work. Each incremental increase of size
exposes more and more of my
technique. When you hit 40 inches in height (the
original painting is 6"), the image has becomes quite
impressionistic looking, but the image still holds together
nicely. This long skinny panorama format makes it easy to
produce some extremely large giclée prints e.g., 5' x
20'. If you were to hang one of these giant
reproductions in a hallway or other a large room–like a
foyer in an office building, for example, it would create
the impression that you were looking out of a large set of
windows. If you opted for a diptych or triptych
rendition, you could even wrap the image around a corner.
Lots of fun ways to display this piece and it's cousins,
"Road to Sedona" and "Sedona Burbs."
R. Geoffrey Blackburn
Blackburn Studios