The story behind the photograph
I volunteer occasionally at a wolf sanctuary in Colorado. We have helped establish large open paddocks (fenced with integrity) for these amazing beasts that come here from all scenarios. In exchange for our work, we are able to interact, even pet, and I have even been licked in the face! They are larger than you imagine, and they are not dogs - you feel the wild in their presence. This is sweet Indigo. She passed away the next morning from this photo, laying herself to rest underneath the same tree where her sister passed.”
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Cast Down but Not Destroyed · 2 Corinthians 4:9
“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;”
From the photograph Persevere by Tom Bartel, Colorado · View the original →
Picture
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Format
Crisp detail on archival fine-art paper, set behind glazing in a gallery frame.
Size
Holds a wall on its own, over a console or desk
25.5″ × 33.5″ on the wall, with the frame
Good detail. Made to be seen from a step or two back, as a piece this size usually is.
Above 24″, printed from an enlarged file
The piece was developed in our studio using digital and AI tools, and the same tools enlarged it for large-format printing. At these sizes fine detail is interpreted rather than photographed.
Frame: Natural
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A black-phase gray wolf stands in dry grass and scattered leaf litter, head turned to its right, one amber eye catching the light. Low sun rakes across the coat, silvering the guard hairs along the shoulder and ruff while the muzzle and flank stay in deep shadow. The background falls away into warm, out-of-focus bands of bleached grass and bare ground.
Why these words
This wolf looks like us, scarred yet alert from the trials of life, yet still standing.
The photograph that inspired this piece
It begins with an original photograph by Tom Bartel of a real place. This version was developed from that photograph in our studio, using digital and AI tools guided by the original’s own composition, and these words set over the finished picture. How these are made.
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