Yellowstone National Park

Elk Bugling, Canyon

A bull elk bugles on a frosted September morning in Yellowstone's Canyon country, the call itself visible as a plume of breath.

Bull elk bugling, frosty morning, Canyon
Bull elk bugling, frosty morning, Canyon
Bull elk bugling, frosty morning, Canyon shown in a limewash reading corner beside an armchair and a floor lamp - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
Bull elk bugling, frosty morning, Canyon shown in a graphite plaster wall at night, lit by a console lamp - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
Bull elk bugling, frosty morning, Canyon shown in a beamed room with a greige plaster wall above a long oak sideboard - scale render at 45 × 30 cm
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Material
Size (cm)
Frame
Specification
45 × 30 cm
3 mm Aluminium
No Frame
Mount Kit Included
Price
$140

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About this work
Bull elk bugling, frosty morning, Canyon

The call is visible. A brightly lit plume of breath rises from the open mouth and drifts back over the antlers, the morning cold enough to show it, in Yellowstone's Canyon area in September 2015. Bull elk bugle from early September to mid-October, announcing a bull's fitness to the cows and challenging rival bulls.

The frame is built on two extremes: frost-rimmed grass backlit to white against a dark wall of unlit conifer forest. The antlers laid along his back do the season's fighting. A healthy bull's pair runs 55 to 60 inches and about 30 pounds, and when a bugle draws an answer, rival bulls crash them together and wrestle for dominance, in loud, strenuous fights that rarely cause serious injury.

Materials

Metal
The edge of a Madtag aluminium print, a thin bright line, floating clear of a dark wall.

Nothing between you and the picture.

  • The surface for work that wants light.
  • Colour at full strength; blacks hold their depth.
  • Sealed under gloss: no frame, no glazing.
  • 3 mm aluminium composite, floats clear of the wall.
Arrives flat, hanging system included
Paper
A Madtag print on a sheet of matte fine art paper, curling at one corner to show its thickness.

Hahnemühle, not poster paper.

  • When you want the best.
  • Unframed, it is Hahnemühle: photographs on Photo Rag 308, 100% cotton.
  • Painterly work on German Etching 310, mould-made and textured.
  • Over 300 gsm, printed as a pigment giclée.
Arrives rolled in a Madtag tube
Framed
The corner of a Madtag print in a black wood frame, the sheet flush against the moulding behind acrylic, no mount board.

For the wall you want finished.

  • Framed and finished; no trip to a framer.
  • A different print: 200 gsm coated silk, made as one piece.
  • Black, white or natural wood moulding.
  • Acrylic glazing, no mount board: the sheet fills the frame.
Arrives flat in its frame
Canvas
A Madtag print on stretched canvas with a solid black wrapped edge.

Nothing lost around the corner.

  • Occupies the room rather than hanging flat.
  • Stretched over a 40 mm deep FSC wood frame.
  • No glazing; the weave itself takes the light.
  • The picture stops at the face; edges solid black, always.
Arrives stretched and ready to hang
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