Famous Tehachapi Train Loop with 'triple header' Diesel engines about to pass under the train's caboose. Original Watercolor using Mineral Infused Watercolors of Jade, Serpentine genuine, and Hematite. Read below for Artwork's Story and Archival Properties.
Railroad Art
Tehachapi Loop
$1,875.00
Famous Tehachapi Train Loop with ‘triple header’ Diesel engines about to pass under the train’s caboose. Original Watercolor using Mineral Infused Watercolors of Jade, Serpentine genuine, and Hematite. Read below for Artwork’s Story and Archival Properties.
Size Info
Framed 22in x 28in (Original 15in x 22in)
Product Features
Original Watercolor on Paper
Availability: In stock
SKU: VU-1676589185
Category: Railroad Art
Learn the Artwork’s Story: This work was created in collaboration with the San Diego Model Railroad Museum, Balboa Park to celebrate their similar 2-year challenge in building this massive HO scale model. It was completed by volunteers, in isolated teams, during the Global pandemic. This art piece signifies triumph and teamwork in the face of adversity for both past and present. This Original Watercolor painting was juried by famous Italian Art Voice Pierre Guidetti for his 2022 ‘Go Paint Art Show’ at the San Diego Watercolor Society in March 2022. The piece uses several mineral-infused watercolors to include: Jade, Serpentine Genuine in the soft hills (see a green dot on the right side of the background), and Hematite in the strong rock face.
A Brief History of the physical location: An Engineering feat in its day, A train just over a half mile long of boxcars (shown here) will pass over itself going around the loop. It was constructed by the Southern Pacific RR (1874-1876) with about 3,000 Chinese workers using just hand tools, picks, shovels, horse-drawn carts, and blasting powder to cut through solid and decomposed granite that created this helix-shaped 0.72-mile loop.
Archival Properties: Piece is available and comes framed, matted ready to hang. Frame is matte black aluminum, plexiglass, archival quality mat, colors used 100+ year lightfastness, wire hanging system. All pieces hand stamped with Artist’s Seal on back. Price of artwork covers framing. Great Gift for a Diesel Fan, Civil Engineer, Nature or Travel Lover.
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Fine Art Print (Somerset Velvet: Paper)
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Paper Specifications:
• Basis Weight: 255 gsm
• Thickness: 19 mil
• ISO Brightness: 96%
Canvas ( LYVE ) - "The Beating Heart Of Breathing Color"
The realization of our pursuit for the perfect fine art canvas. Here is the beating heart of Breathing Color. Imagined as the successor to Chromata White, Lyve builds on the legacy of the world’s first OBA-free canvas with superior resolution, greater dmax and a wider color gamut.
Featuring the highest archivability of any Breathing Color canvas, The Fine Art Trade Guild awarded Lyve the exclusive Blue Wool certification for 100 years display life. Lyve is not only the finest canvas we offer, but the best money can buy. For art that is living - an image that is Lyve.
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All artwork arrives ready-to-hang. Ready to hang means your artwork is ready to mount on the wall directly from the box with all the necessary hardware installed on the Art piece. We use professional grade wire and attachments.
White (Vibrance) Matte Paper
Our most versatile substrate hits on all points. Durable, pliable, and the right weight for yielding drape. The smooth, luxurious surface renders prints that are approachable and tactile. For art, photography, and everything in between – beauty in simplicity.
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Somerset Velvet ( Textured )
100% Cotton Fiber, Acid & Lignin
19 mil, 310 gsm, 97% Opacity, Bright White
Lightly textured finish | 19 mil thickness | 310 gsm weight
This 310g, Bright White, water-resistant velvet fine art textured paper is made from 100% cotton fiber and is acid and lignin free. Somerset Velvet is a proprietary mouldmade fine art paper that is strong and dimensionally stable. It has a high white point, remarkable ink load capacity, and best-in-class image quality that far exceeds the limitations of virtually every paper of its kind.
Somerset Velvet is ideally suited for luxurious fine art and photographic reproduction, portraits, greeting cards, post cards, and presentational art graphics for printed displays and replicates the look and feel of textured papers developed for watercolor paintings.
Optica One ( Smooth )
100% Cotton Fiber, Acid & Lignin Free
15 mil, 300 gsm, 97% Opacity, Bright White
Matte finish | 17 mil thickness | 300 gsm weight
Optica One is a 300gsm bright white, matte inkjet fine art paper with a luxuriously smooth surface ideal for high resolution photographic imagery. It is able to produce extremely crisp and accurate detail as a result of its leadership (when measured against other fine art papers on the market today) in tonal range value, line quality, line contrast, and raggedness. The smooth surface of these papers ensures easy printability and handling with superior print quality.
Optica One is perfect for photographic applications such as photo prints, posters and photo books.
River Stone ( Satin )
100% Cotton Rag, Baryta Style Finish
18 mil, 350 gsm, 98% Opacity, 92% Brightness
STRIKING. This is the first word that came to our minds when we pulled the first few prints on River Stone Satin Rag 350. After a long road of development, it is always exciting seeing a beautiful new media come to fruition.
We are sure that you will experience the same excitement when you load up a new roll or sheets in your printer and print off a few of your images. Whether you prefer color or black and whites, the high color densities, rich blacks, and luster surface texture will bring a big smile to your face.
River Stone Rag 350 is optical brightener free (no OBAs) and has a very pleasing and neutral white point thanks to the high quality 100% cotton base that we carefully chose for this paper.
Vibrance Matte
Traditional resin coated photo base paper
10 mil, 255 gsm, 96% Opacity, 92% Brightness
Smooth matte finish | 12 mil thickness | 230 gsm weight
Vibrance Photo Matte was designed to deliver stunning, photographic print quality into the lower cost smooth matte paper segment. It has a bright white surface and is ideal for photographers who require a no gloss, luxurious flat matte surface to bring out the beauty in their images.
Vibrance Gloss
Traditional resin coated photo base paper
10 mil, 255 gsm, 96% Opacity, 92% Brightness
Gloss finish | 10 mil thickness | 255 gsm weight
Sleek and luminous, Vibrance Gloss is a very popular selection for digital photo printing. It’s smooth crisp finish allows colors to appear more saturated for a rich vibrant effect. Landscape and still-life photos are especially suited for Vibrance Gloss as are colorful portraits.
Vibrance Gloss is a heavyweight glossy photo paper, developed for the discerning photographer who demands maximum color range and image resolution. Using a cockle-free RC base that gives the product a true photographic feel, Vibrance Gloss allows for maximum ink coverage and produces stunningly vivid images.
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Perfect for portrait and landscape photography
Luster finish | 10 mil thickness | 255 gsm weight
Vibrance Luster is a heavyweight photo paper, developed for the discerning photographer who demands maximum color gamut and image resolution. Vibrance Luster allows for maximum ink coverage and produces stunningly vivid images that gives the product a true photographic feel. Luster is perfect for applications that require a compromise between glossy and matte finish. The satin finish which resembles pearl in its visual appearance, breaks up reflections and glare, making viewing from all angles easy such as in the case of a print displayed in a gallery setting.
Vibrance Metallic
Eye-catching metallic effect finish
Metallic finish | 10 mil thickness | 255 gsm weight
Vibrance Metallic is the first and currently the only metallic photo paper that delivers a comparable look, feel, and quality of the Kodak metallic process. It is a unique and exceptional photo paper that is genuine, true metallic. This means that you can see metallic from every angle that you view the print from. You’ll know it’s a true metallic the second you see it. Vibrance Metallic paper gives your print an almost 3D effect. It brings out the light in the image with a slight shimmer.
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Canvas Mirrored Edge
Mirror edge canvas prints are crafted by wrapping the closest part of the image over the sides, giving the canvas edges a reflection-like appearance.
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Wood Natural Base
The Natural Base allows for the grain of the wood to show through the image. Only available for Wood prints.
Wood White Base
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Matte Finish
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Only available for Acrylic prints.
Metal Standoffs
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Only available for Acrylic prints.
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All Frames are professionally hand made to spec using the finest frame mouldings sourced from italy using real wood not MDF products.
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Matting
Our matting is a PPFA Class III high quality mat designed to provide the impact of a bright white bevel that has the same qualities of higher priced conservation matboard without the price.
The surface paper is buffered and lignin free. It has a high strength quality to minimize surface tearing during cutting.
This matting has one of the highest specifications in the market. The result is a superior mat that will stand the test of time, resisting the effects of acid degradation while remaining bright.
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A 2 Inch white mat border that separates your art to the frame on all sides for medium sized prints.
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A 3 Inch white mat border that separates your art to the frame on all sides for smaller to medium sized prints.
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