Dunes Under a Mackerel Sky
Painted Agency, 2026
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 24 x 16 in, 47 dpi; would need 3.2x enlargement, over 3x. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyTwo pale dunes under a sky of small clouds, in oil, in a pastel key.
- Maker
- Painted Agency
- Date
- 2026
- Medium of the original
- Digital painting
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-02624
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 |
|---|---|
| 24 x 16 in | 47 dpi; would need 3.2x enlargement, over 3x |
| 24 x 18 in | 45 dpi; would need 3.3x enlargement, over 3x |
| 30 x 20 in | 37 dpi; would need 4.1x enlargement, over 3x |
| 30 x 24 in | 34 dpi; would need 4.4x enlargement, over 3x |
| 36 x 24 in | 31 dpi; would need 4.8x enlargement, over 3x |
| 40 x 30 in | 27 dpi; would need 5.6x enlargement, over 3x |
| 48 x 36 in | 22 dpi; would need 6.8x enlargement, over 3x |
| 60 x 40 in | 18 dpi; would need 8.3x enlargement, over 3x |
| 10 x 8 in | 102 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 12 x 8 in | 94 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 14 x 11 in | 74 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 16 x 12 in | 68 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 18 x 12 in | 62 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
| 20 x 16 in | 51 dpi; no enlarged print file holds it |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-08
- Master file
- 1,133 x 818 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 152, lights 216 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 2.93
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (23 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
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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