The story behind the photograph
This is just outside Leadville, Colorado, which is at an elevation of 10,152 feet, and is he highest incorporated city in North America. We pass through from time to time for events like Skijoring (horse-pulled skiiers taking jumps down main street), and of course fishing. This is access to a river nearby and as you see, I'm nevery shy about checking out water any time of year. The nearby mountain range includes Colorado’s two tallest peaks, Mount Elbert and Mount Massive”
Where Ice Gives Way · Without words
In Tom Bartel's words
“This is just outside Leadville, Colorado, which is at an elevation of 10,152 feet, and is he highest incorporated city in North America.”
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From the photograph Where Ice Gives Way by Tom Bartel, Colorado · View the original →
Picture
ArtPhotographVerse
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
31.5″ × 21.5″ 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: White
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- Each piece is printed for you, so we can’t take back an undamaged one.
A river runs dark and open between shelves of snow and a shattered ice edge, cutting through a high valley of rust-red willow thickets and bleached winter grasses. Snow-covered peaks hold the far horizon beneath heavy broken cumulus. The light is flat and cold, cool on the snow and water, warming only where it catches the dry grass along the right bank.
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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