“[When the Sun Shone Upon Them]” was commissioned by the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art as part of Noelle Phares’s 2024 exhibition that explored the Colorado River. The piece depicts the Flaming Gorge, a large reservoir impounding the Green River - a major tributary of the Colorado. When explorer John Wesley Powell first encountered the iron-rich rocks of the region he dubbed it Flaming Gorge due to “the brilliant, flaming red of its rocks [when the sun shone upon them]”.

An excerpt of poetry from the exhibition about this piece:

“In that year 1869 and all before it
the sublimity of those arenas required
the hard work of one’s own strength and daring to witness
what today we politely observe
through the tempered glass of our transports.”The original was painted with acrylic and gouache on acrylic paper.

This is an archival print of my original painting.
- Each print is hand-signed and titled on the front.
- Prints have deckled edges.
- Frame and mat are NOT included.
- All of my prints are produced with professional art materials including pigment-based inks and archival Somerset Velvet fine art paper. 
-In order to keep your print in great condition it is important to frame with archival materials (mats, backing board, etc.), keep out of direct sunlight, and UV glass if you really want to go all-out!

Size 11" x 14"