The story behind the photograph
One summer while camping with Alan and my oldest son AJ, north of Gunnison, Colorado, towards Taylor park. We came back to the campground one afternoon after fishing and I saw this tree off the road and I said, "tomorrow I'm going to shoot that". And I did. First light, I was out and God smiled on that tree, like all things!”
One Aspen Turning · Without words
In Tom Bartel's words
“One summer while camping with Alan and my oldest son AJ, north of Gunnison, Colorado, towards Taylor park.”
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From the photograph One Aspen Turning 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
33.5″ × 25.5″ 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
- Printed to order and with you in about 5 to 10 business days.
- $33 shipping within the United States.
- Damaged in transit? We replace it free, within 30 days.
- Each piece is printed for you, so we can’t take back an undamaged one.
A single aspen caught mid-turn — leaves running from green through gold into deep red — stands lit in a narrow shaft of low sun while the spruce and pine around it hold their shadow. Behind the conifers a shaded mountain slope falls away into cool blue, so the tree reads as the one warm thing in the frame. Smaller aspens at the right edge catch a fainter glow near the forest floor.
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, with no words set on it. How these are made.
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