Dunes Above the Cloud Floor
Painted Agency, 2026
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 17% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyPink dunes in front, a floor of small clouds beyond, under a lavender mackerel sky, in oil.
- Maker
- Painted Agency
- Date
- 2026
- Medium of the original
- Digital painting
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-02623
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | 42 dpi; would need 3.6x enlargement, over 3x |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | 25 dpi; would need 6x enlargement, over 3x |
| 12 x 8 in | 128 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 18 x 12 in | 85 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 24 x 16 in | 64 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 30 x 20 in | 51 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-08
- Master file
- 1,536 x 1,024 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 132, lights 204 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 6.05
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (27 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
- Neutrals lean toward magenta
Southwest and Pastel
Southwest art and pastel art: the high desert under a dome of sky, mesas at dusk and clouds seen from above, in the manner of chalk and of oil.
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