This striking landscape photograph by renowned Florida artist Clyde Butcher captures the ethereal beauty of a "Rock Island Prairie" sunset. Known for his large-format black and white photography, Butcher utilizes a masterful range of tonal contrast to emphasize the dramatic textures of the cirrocumulus cloud formations that dominate the composition. The silhouetted tree line and sparse vegetation in the foreground provide a sense of scale and grounding to the expansive Florida sky. This piece is an archival carbon print, created by scanning a large-format negative and printing with high-stability Epson Ultra Chrome ink on LexJet paper, ensuring a lifespan of over one hundred years. The work is hand-signed by the artist in the lower right margin and is presented in a professional black frame with white matting.

Specifications

• Artist: Clyde Butcher (American, B.1942)

• Title: Rock Island Prairie

• Date: 1987

• Medium: Archival Carbon Print

• Signature: Hand-signed in ink, lower right

• Print Size: 12 x 16 in.

• Matted Size: 18 x 22 in.

• Framing: Housed in a black frame under glass

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