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Gold Rush Art Print
by Doug Matthews
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Gold Rush art print by Doug Matthews. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Barkerville was the centre of the Cariboo gold rush in British Columbia in the 1860s, and played a large part in the decision to have the province... more
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Artist's Description
Barkerville was the centre of the Cariboo gold rush in British Columbia in the 1860s, and played a large part in the decision to have the province join the Canadian confederation.
This collage was created using five original colour photographs I took when I worked in Barkerville as the manager of the old-time theatre many years ago. I have aged the images to look like photos of the era and put them together over a wooden texture, implying a rustic table. The gold is indeed real!
About Doug Matthews
I began photography with a Brownie camera my parents gave me as a child sometime in the 1950s. In the 1970s I finally graduated to an SLR and actually won a few contests, then took a hiatus through the 1990s but picked up digital photography in earnest in the mid-2000s. Now, many years later, it still excites me to venture out and try to find what the world is all about in my own way through this wonderful medium. To me, photography is about capturing the hidden meaning, the emotion, and the invisible in a given moment in time. It transcends mere composition and lighting. When it's done well, we sit up and take notice, we pause over an image, and if everything is perfect, we might even feel that slight tingling up the spine. While I try...
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Priscilla Burgers
Very nice presentation.
Dawn Currie
Congratulations for your feature in our group, Tweaked and Antiqued Photographs!
Doug Matthews replied:
Thank you for the feature, Dawn.
Randi Grace Nilsberg
Nice! L
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Randi
Miroslava Jurcik
Great shot !
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Miroslava
Lydia Holly
Very creative work Doug!
Doug Matthews replied:
Thank you, Lydia
R A W M
Very well done. L&F
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, RAWM
Marco Oliveira
Very nice! V.
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Marco
Hanny Heim
Great composition and work !
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Hanny
Doug Matthews
Thank you everyone for the positive comments.
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
This evocative collage is very well conceived and executed!
Eduard Moldoveanu
Nice presentation!
Gary Richards
Great still life image of an historical subject!
Greg and Chrystal Mimbs
Wonderful work
Donna Kennedy
Awesome work Doug, love those gold nuggets!...f/l