the good shepherd

A wide field under a low sky, mist lying in the grass and the hills fading out behind it. Far off in the middle, small enough to miss at first, the shepherd walks with his staff and the sheep follow him in a loose line. The moon is up, faint behind the cloud. Painted in oil tones of bone, stone and dry grass, with the brush left visible in the scrub along the bottom. There is almost no colour and almost no detail, so the picture reads as calm from across a room and only shows its figures when you come close. The verse "I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep." John 10:11 The print Choose paper or canvas at checkout. Both cost the same, in all three sizes. Paper. Giclée on heavyweight matte art paper with archival pigment inks. Matte, so there is no glare from a window or a lamp, which matters with a picture this soft. Ships unframed, rolled in a rigid tube. Canvas. The same giclée printed on cotton canvas, gallery-wrapped over a solid wood stretcher frame. Arrives ready to hang, and the weave suits the brushwork. All three sizes are standard 4:3 landscape proportions, which is what the artwork is painted at, so nothing is cropped and the paper print fits an off-the-shelf frame. Sizes 16" × 12" (41 × 30 cm). Above a desk, a shelf or a side table. 24" × 18" (61 × 46 cm). Above a bed, a console or a reading chair. 40" × 30" (102 × 76 cm). The main wall of a living room, over a sofa or a sideboard. Keep either finish out of direct, all-day sunlight. Handle the paper print by the edges, as fingerprints show on matte stock and do not wipe off.

keep it out of direct sunlight and away from steam. handle it by the edges, never the face — fingerprints show on matte stock and don't wipe off.