Sunset at Pico do Areeiro #1
Price range: € 35.00 through € 350.00
Madeira, Portugal • Oct 31st, 2023
A mountain ridge emerges through cloud inversion at sunset on Pico do Areeiro.
the Photograph
On Pico do Areeiro in Madeira, the setting sun briefly glowed across a sea of cloud, revealing the peaks in the day’s last light. In these moments, the landscape feels suspended between solidity and disappearance, with dark rock holding steady while the cloud drifts and reshapes everything around it.
The photograph is intentionally monochrome. By removing colour, the focus shifts to structure, tone, and the quiet drama of inversion conditions. The ridge line becomes a study in emergence and restraint, where light is present but fleeting, and the scene asks for patience rather than spectacle.
In print, the fine tonal separation within the rock face holds without collapsing into shadow, while the cloud retains its layered softness rather than flattening into a single mass. This balance between weight and transience sustains the image’s sense of suspension, allowing the ridge to remain present as the surrounding atmosphere continues to drift.
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the Print
Printing is treated not as a final step, but as a continuation of the work, refining tone, balance, and texture until the print feels true to the original experience. Each photograph is produced as a signed Fine Art Giclée print, carefully inspected by me before it leaves my studio.
Prints are offered in five sizes, Companion, Artist, Studio, Gallery, and Master. The range is intentionally limited, allowing the image to be experienced at a scale that feels right, from an intimate print to a larger piece with stronger presence.
Smaller editions are printed by me personally, while larger works are produced in close collaboration with a trusted fine art printer in Ireland. All prints are made using archival papers from Hahnemühle and Canson, combined with genuine Epson pigment inks, chosen for their tonal subtlety and long-term permanence. Every print is backed by my satisfaction, replacement, and lifetime fade-free guarantees. Find out more about my printing process here.
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