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This beautiful Limited Edition art print, by Kim Coulter, features a stunning spring sunset. The setting sun casts a beautiful glow on the clouds in the sky. The reflection of the clouds, as well as the lush green trees, can be seen on the water.
Some Western countries consider spring to begin with the vernal
equinox (around March 20 in the Northern Hemisphere, and September 23 in the
Southern Hemisphere), and ends with the summer solstice (around June 21 in the
Northern Hemisphere and December 21 in the Southern Hemisphere).
Spring is given its name because, as the hemisphere begins to
warm significantly, new plant growth springs forth. Most flowering plants bloom
this time of year, in a long succession beginning even when snow is still on the
ground, and continuing into early summer.
Severe weather most often occurs during the spring. This is
caused by warm air invading from lower latitudes while cold air is still pushing
from the polar regions.
Flooding is common in and near mountainous areas during this time of year due to
snowmelt, many times accelerated by warm rains. In the United States, Tornado
Alley is by far most active this time of year, especially since the Rocky
Mountains prevent the surging hot and cold air masses from spreading westward
and instead force them directly at each other.
Sunset is the time at which the sun disappears below the horizon
in the west, not to be confused with dusk, which is the point at which darkness
falls, some time after the beginning of twilight when the Sun itself sets.
Sunset is generally more brightly colored than the sunrise, with
the shades of red and orange being more vibrant. The atmosphere responds in a
number of ways to exposure to the Sun during daylight hours. In particular,
there tends to be more dust in the lower atmosphere at the end of the day than
at the beginning. During the day, the Sun heats the surface of the Earth,
lowering the relative humidity and increasing wind speed and turbulence, which
serves to lift dust into the air. However, differences between sunrise and
sunset may in some cases depend more on the geographical particulars of the
location from which they are viewed. For example, on a west-facing coastline,
sunset occurs over water while sunrise occurs over land.
Due to Earth's axial tilt, the direction of sunset is always to
the northwest from the March equinox to the September equinox, and to the
southwest from the September equinox to the March equinox.
As a visual motif, sunset is often associated with summer. Sunset is also a symbol of west, old age, ending, and closure.
A limited edition print is an original image limited to a
predetermined print quantity. The edition is often signed by the artist and
individual prints are always numbered. The numbers on the print denote the
individual piece number in the edition over the total edition size. For example,
3/125 is the 3rd print in a series of 125.
The making of limited edition prints is a time-consuming,
exacting and collaborative effort among the artist, a publisher and a printer.
The choice of paper, printing technique, the size of the edition, the consistent
quality of each print in the edition are just as critical as the artist’s choice
of subject matter and style.
