A LANDSCAPE

LUCKYBOY FOREVER JUMPS

over trees and streams!

The Definition of Beauty

...characterizes the human concept of beauty by incarnating all of the abstract and explicit elements of what we call beauty. We are hunter/gatherers who need game and forage (or their modern equivalents) to survive. Our neural networks are wired to recognized patterns that are deemed "beautiful" so that we will feel affinity for the places that will meet our survival goal. In a sense, evolution has endowed us with a sort of ancestral or genetic "memory".

So, we have evolved by the hand of God to appreciate beauty. In a mystical sense, we have evolved to appreciate God, as well. God won't go away because our brains are wired to recognize Him in whichever form we may prefer, when we meditate, worship and pray. Read the fascinating new book Why God Won't Go Away by Newberg, D'Aquili and Rause.

Key Attributes of this Product or Premium and Others

•      My favorite, and so primary, size fits the 18" x 12" format, is not exactly this size, but needs to be matted to a custom frame. Large and custom sizes available up to jumbo poster size and beyond and on many media substrates. Unframed standard sizes available on request.
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•      Color Depth is 16 million

•      Signed and dated by me with a framed or FRAMABLE annotation or brief essay, also signed and dated to help prove authenticity and provenance.
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•      Pixel depth is way way large enough to display absolutely no pixilation whatsoever to the naked eye. I use an exclusive process for computer rendition of my art that I call my electronic Swiss Army Knife of a combination developer, enlarger, pen and paintbrush. Like that Swiss Army Knife, I can do anything with it that can possibly be imagined. It is an unique combination, a veritable palette, of sophisticated software programs, because no one commercial program can do it all.
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•      Always printed on highest quality photopaper,  surface coated and laminated to prevent damage and fading, it should last indefinitely with proper care. Other media substrates are available on request. Please adjust your donation or payment accordingly.
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•      Total Edition Size: 25   -  That is, only a grand total of 25 of these prints will ever be produced and distributed in all sizes, see the breakdown in the table below.
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•      You give the size specifications that you want. Standard frame sizes on request but a desired matte border width should be considered in all cases. Custom and standard sizes should be capable of retaining image proportions, but I will distort these prints slightly, but reluctantly, for good reason. Talk to me.
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•       It is assumed that these prints will be framed and matted somehow at some time. So the  rough size format does not necessarily include the matte and frame. I like to specify exact sizes so that dimensions come out to the nearest 1/4 of an inch because I hate to have to calculate insignificant fractions like 1/8 ths and 1/32 nds and 1/64 ths in print size, matte dimensions and frame specifications. Remember that print dimensions include twice the matte overlap margin and the matte border widths need to multiplied by two to attain the overall dimension and mattes need to have two times the frame lip width considered
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• .................It's just easier to let me decide....................  just give me rough dimensions and a general description as to surrounding colors like a wall, carpet or ceiling hue or dominant hue of major furniture or upholstery and a general preference as to desired frame style (modern, art neuveau, bau haus, Scandinavian, shiny modern metal, classical like Baroque or Rococo, etc.) and whether you want a matching color scheme or a complementary one. Matching blends in while complementary accentuates. The matte and frame, however should coordinate with the picture and the picture should be selected with all these factors considered. I prefer to decide these matters based on your descriptions because I want to assure that my work is displayed well. Frames and mattes are a part of my art.
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•      Filet, complex or compound multilayered mattes should increase the suggested price. Just state an overall or general preference and let me decide. I am a vertically integrated artist.

Product or Premium Specifications

(this is only an abbreviated version)

Total edition size, of any dimension, not to exceed 25. Prints are signed, dated and numbered like serigraphs (silkscreens) with a short philosophical or religious inspirational description of the work by Gary included.

"Roughly" usually means the maximum proportional size that will fit the format considering the need for margins, including or excluding desired matte border widths. Please specify whether to include a matte border width on the print or not and if so, what width. If I make the matte and do the framing, of course, this is not necessary.

A Blinkin' Bloody Cardinal in a Bloomin' Crabapple Tree

Not only did I have to wait around all day to shoot this cardinal,

but I had to hike another three miles to find this crabapple tree.

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BIG FALLS

AFTER A SPRINGTIME SNOWFALL

On the Eau Claire River in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

There are indeed a few stretches of rapids on the Eau Claire River. This flow runs around an island and the flow on the other side has some low falls that are also very pretty. Big Falls is located in a county park and the far side of the island, with the falls, is frequented by many swimmers in summer. Swimmers seem to avoid this side because it appears to be a bit more turbulent and treacherous.

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