Painted Clearing

Signature Series

Painted Clearing

$760.00

Painted Clearing is a panoramic landscape from Painted Canyon in Theodore Roosevelt National Park, captured with the world's most detail-rich medium format camera system as a multi-frame stitch. Created minutes after a summer thunderstorm cleared the canyon, the image delivers color with rare intensity - deep canyon reds, lush valley greens, and bands of golden sandstone under still-clearing clouds. At scale, the post-storm atmosphere energizes the space it occupies.

Available as an open edition at the smallest size, and as a hand-numbered limited edition at all other sizes. Choose between archival print, traditional framed, or the artist's preferred presentation - a face-mounted gallery acrylic, framed or unframed. The acrylic is a custom-selected formulation with anti-reflective optical clarity, UV protection, and abrasion resistance - chosen after years of research to honor the image with the best mounting substrate available. Two artist proofs exist at each limited edition size. One is reserved for the artist's collection; one is available for purchase here.

Product variants

Each image in the Signature Series is available as a signed limited edition. Edition counts decrease as size increases, reflecting the rarity of larger works.

All prints made-to-order in the USA

All prints made-to-order in the USA

Captured with high-resolution systems

Certificate of Authenticity included

All prints signed & numbered

Free shipping under 48" to the contiguous U.S. Custom freight quote for 60" and above provided within 5 business days. Hawaii, Alaska, and international orders will receive a freight estimate within 5 business days.

Painted Clearing

15x36 / Archival Print (unframed) / Open edition

$760.00

What Remains After the Storm Passes Through

Origin

The storm was the clearing.

I made this photograph minutes after a summer thunderstorm blew through Painted Canyon. The air was still electric. You could smell the rain on the sage and the clay. The canyon floor, which just minutes earlier had been muted and dry, was suddenly saturated with color - deep reds, vivid greens, bands of orange and gold that looked almost iridescent, as if the storm had scrubbed the entire landscape clean and left behind its truest colors.

This was the light that arrives only after something has been cleared away. It had a quality I can only describe as pure, as if the atmosphere had been stripped of everything that dulls and diffuses, and the landscape was showing me what it actually looks like when nothing is in the way. There's a reason I named this image Painted Clearing and not Painted Canyon. The storm was the clearing. It stripped away what was dull and revealed something more vivid underneath.

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The Effect

It doesn't whisper. It declares.

Painted Clearing is the most vibrant work in the collection. Where the other pieces trade in soft morning light and muted earth tones, this one delivers color with force - deep canyon reds, lush valley greens, and bands of golden sandstone under dramatic clouds that are still clearing. The composition stretches across the full width of the canyon, pulling the viewer in through sheer scale and immersion.

The palette is rich enough to anchor a room on its own, and the post-storm atmosphere gives it an energy that flat-light landscapes simply cannot match. It is the kind of image people walk toward before they realize they're doing it. The color pulls them in, the scale holds them there, and somewhere in that vivid saturation they find something they didn't know they were looking for: the feeling of a world that just cleared itself and started fresh.

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How It's Made

A lifetime of craftsmanship in every choice.

Every Signature Series piece is produced one at a time by master craftspeople I have personally vetted and worked with for years. Whether you choose archival print, traditional framed, or one of the gallery acrylic options, the underlying commitment is the same: museum-grade materials, archival lifespans rated beyond a century, and finishes refined over decades of professional practice. Every decision has been considered. Nothing is mass produced. Nothing is approximated.

Built to Last Generations

Hand-Finished, Built to Order

Authenticated by the Artist

Crafted Specifically for You

Specifications

The details.

Title: Painted Clearing
Artist: Chad Ziemendorf
Collection: Signature Series
Subject: Painted Canyon, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Aspect Ratio: 12:5 panoramic
Capture: Medium format, multi-frame stitch
Available Sizes: 15x36 through 49x120
Edition: Open edition at 15x36. Limited edition of 35, 25, 15, or 10 (descending with size) at all larger sizes. Two artist proofs per limited edition size.
Treatments: Archival print and traditional framed at 15x36 and 20x48 only. Gallery acrylic (unframed or with one of four frame options) at all sizes 20x48 and larger. 49x120 available unframed only.
Medium: Archival pigment print on museum-grade substrate
Frames: Hand-cut Italian wood profiles, US-finished, with linen liner on three of four frame options
Longevity: 120+ year archival rating
Authentication: Signed and numbered by the artist. Certificate of Authenticity included.
Production: Made-to-order in the USA, 4-6 week lead time
Shipping: Free shipping under 48". Custom freight quote for 60" and larger within 72 hours of order.