The story behind the photograph
This is just a typical neighborhood scene around Grand County, Colorado. More so, it’s the hill in the view as I look west from my house! I love all the seasons, and Spring and Fall are most fun as the transition creates such great weather patterns in the Mountains… quick rain and snow storms spool up out of nowhere, can last as little as 10 minutes, and you are back to blue sky and sunshine. I love Colorado for this.”
In Him Was Life · John 1:4-5 · On the photograph
“In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
In Tom Bartel's words
“This is just a typical neighborhood scene around Grand County, Colorado. More so, it’s the hill in the view as I look west from my house!”
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From the photograph Breakthrough by Tom Bartel, Colorado · View the original →
Format
Textured and warm, with finished edges that continue the picture. No glass, ready to hang.
Size
Statement size, above a bed, mantel, or sofa
48″ × 24″, 1.5″ deep
Good detail. Made to be seen from a step or two back, as a piece this size usually is.
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A heavy bank of storm cloud sits over low forested ridges and open grassland, broken at one point where sunlight falls through in a visible shaft. The beam lands on the slope below, lifting a band of pale grass and scattered trees out of the shadow while the rest of the land stays blue and unlit. Light pools again in a second gap at the upper left, suggesting the cloud is thinning across the whole sky.
Why these words
The whole picture is a contest between a heavy bank of storm cloud and the shafts of sun that get through it and land on the fields below the ridge. The verse names exactly that: light that the dark does not close over.
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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