Chasm View Black Canyon of the Gunnison Wall Art | Colorado Print

Chasm View on the South Rim is where Black Canyon of the Gunnison stops being a valley and becomes a slot. This vintage poster stands on the warm tan rim rock among the juniper and looks straight across at a sheer navy wall, then down a very long way to a thin pale thread of river holding the last of the light at the bottom.

Why you'll love it

• Painted in the golden-age national park poster style: the far wall laid in flat planes of slate and indigo, sunlit rim boulders picked out in ochre, and the river reduced to a single bright line.
• It names the exact place. Chasm View, South Rim, Colorado, with the park date and the coordinates 38.57 N, 107.72 W set along the bottom edge.
• The canyon takes its name from how little sun reaches the bottom, and the dark walls are Precambrian gneiss and schist close to two billion years old. It became a national park in 1999 after decades as a national monument.
• Deep navy, slate blue, ochre rim rock and sage green make a calm palette for a study, a stairwell or a room with cool north light.
• Drawn in the same style as the rest of the 63-park series, so several hang together as one set.

Materials and sizes

• Paper: museum-grade matte art paper with archival pigment inks, 2:3 vertical format.
• Canvas: matte gallery canvas, or ready-to-hang framed canvas in white, black, espresso or natural wood.
• Sizes: 8x12" through 30x40", plus A4 to A1 for European frames.
• Made to order with colour-managed printing.

Styling it at home

This is the darkest and most vertical print in the series, and it reads as depth rather than colour, so it holds its own on a strong wall: charcoal, ink blue, forest green. The ochre rim rock keeps it from going cold and ties it to brass hardware or a tan leather spine on a nearby shelf. Give it a wide mat and hang it alone rather than in a gallery grid, so the drop has room to work.

Shipping and care

Paper prints ship rolled in a rigid tube. Framed canvas arrives ready to hang with hardware fitted. Keep the print out of direct sunlight and wipe the surface with a dry, soft cloth.

FAQ

How is this different from the other Black Canyon of the Gunnison prints in the shop? This is the Chasm View view, with the location and coordinates lettered at the foot of the poster. The other Black Canyon designs show different views in mid-century, oil painting and watercolour styles.

Is a frame included with the paper print? No. Paper prints ship unframed; the framed options are the framed canvas materials.