Chocorua Chapel Mindscape

Chocorua Chapel Mindscape

This color montage of the Chocorua chapel in Tamworth NH includes elements of photography and watercolor painting. When I took the original image of this chapel it was getting dark and I stood and watched the changing scene as darkness descended upon the little valley at the base of the Chocorua Range in Tamworth, New Hampshire. Many of the images that I captured that evening have become images that sell regularly and well. However, nothing captured the pure simplicity of the ridge, the chapel and the road. This image is a photo montage that includes elements from 4 different images, created as a monochrome and then hand-painted with watercolors. The image is then scanned for production in a signed limited edition of only 5 images. I do not sell the base image from which the scanned output is derived because the watercolors fade too quickly and the image would loose its impact. Instead, the painted image is destroyed to protect the value of the limited edition which is produced with archival inks that are much longer-lived. Every image that I have produced in this fashion has shown very little bleaching in sunlight. Some have been on display for as long as 20 years.

Printed in an original edition of 5 signed images on fine art rag paper with archival inks. To purchase an original or an affordable digitally initialed open edition print, click here: http://bit.ly/ChocoruaChapelMDSP

The digitally initialed open edition, also available at the link above, provides the closest approximation to an original work at a more affordable price, especially for those who love art but dont feel the need to purchase original works.