soft landscapes

Please browse these limited-edition Soft Landscapes of Colorado photographer Clark Schiring. He hand-selected these scenes for their calm, peaceful, ethereal energy. While he tries to diversify his portfolio every time he heads out in the field, these are the types of images that Clark finds himself searching for most often.

Therefore, these types of scenes: dynamic, moody, and unique find a special place in the Gallery. Certainly, the best way to experience these works is to stop into the Gallery in Summit County, Colorado. Let Clark or one of our Curators showcase these finished pieces’ exquisite beauty. Like all of Clark’s landscapes, these works are customizable to any size, in any of the three mount styles offered by Wilderness Exclusives. These Soft Landscapes can also be found browsing other Collections. So, feel free to click on an image to learn more, and to see mounting and sizing options. Since custom sizes are available, click “contact us” below to drop us a note. Clark will respond and go over the best options for any custom space.

Tall, magnificent Aspen trees bask in the sunshine in this Telluride, Colorado landscape photograph by Clark Schiring. Taken at the peak of autumnal color, with the sun peeking through, this scene depicts the amazing beauty of a Colorado Aspen forest during the fall.

ambition

This tranquil spot outside Telluride, Colorado features a beautiful Golden Aspen tree forest in Autumn reflected in a serene lake, during the evening Blue Hour. Jagged, craggy peaks and vibrant colors in the soft evening light make this Fine Art Photograph by Clark Schiring a very calming image, evoking feelings of solitude and contemplation.

Soul Searching

A group of aspen trees with distinct eye-like, and almost face-like features, stand in a grouping, almost beckoning the viewer to come amongst them. Captured near Colorado’s Kebler Pass, these warm, inviting aspen trees are aghast with detail, clarity, and colors the draw then viewer into the scene.

The Invitation

This location near McClure Pass, Colorado, captured by Colorado Landscape Photographer Clark Schiring, depicts Aspen tree trunks in Summer, with a foregtound of fresh alpine grasses. Nearby forest fire smoke created a warm, yet soft, light for this scene. The trees seem to go endlessly into the distance in this beautiful Aspen grove.

Allure

The road leads the viewer’s eye towards Wilson Peak and Sunshine Peak in Colorado’s San Juan Range near Telluride. The Pink Sunset in the background augments the towering peaks with a soft, inviting glow. Captured by Colorado Landscape and Fine Art Photographer Clark Schiring in Fall, the trees lining the road add a magical element of color to this dramatic Colorado scene.

rewarding journey

This beautiful Aspen Grove near Kebler Pass, Colorado, near Crested Butte has a joyous, yet secluded and private feel to it. The sun is peaking out from behind one of the tree trunks, and the Yellow Leaves contrasted with a fluffy green foreground give this scene a color palette the viewer can almost taste as well as well as see. Clark Schiring took this image with his Sony A7iii, and fine art mounts are available at his Wilderness Exclusives gallery.

peppermint grove

A single tree with a dramatic pink backdrop makes this scene captured by Clark Schiring on the Colorado High Prairie very distinct and dramatic. A rustic fence leading into the prairie lead the viewer’s eye into the scene. This minimalist Fine Art Image has a very distinct calm sense to it, with the impending storm behind it.

Close to Home

A blue-hour smooth texture which almost looks unbelievably delicate and sexy in its curvature is on display in this scene captured by Fine Art Photographer Clark Schiring at Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado.

Sands of Time

Another happy day on display in this scene captured by Fine Art Photographer Clark Schiring at Colorado’s Snowmass area, filled with beautiful golden Aspen trees, with a blue sky. The lighting is happy and joyful and seems to frolic and bounce off the leaves on this beautiful Fall day in Colorado.

peak display

This minimalist image captured by Frisco, Colorado’s Clark Schiring of Wilderness Exclusives Fine Art Photography, has an impressively pink sunset sky, making this landscape image and minimalist image with smooth and rough textures, showcasing Arizona’s amazing landscape, a very calming work of art. Shot with a Sony wide-angle lens.

Chain of Command

This friendly horse caught Colorado Fine Art Photographer off guard with his deep gaze, in Woody Creek, near Aspen, Colorado. On this moody and cloudy day, Clark was taking pictures with his Sony A7iii Camera and came across this striking subject on a dramatic Colorado day. A beautiful autumnal and winter intersecting scene makes the background of this image.

A Deeper Perspective

This wide-angle shot captured by Colorado Landscape Photographer Clark Schiring features a willow-rich shoreline of a high alpine lake near the summit of Cottonwood Pass in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. This calming image, with reflections of the cotton-candy clouds mixed with blue hues in the sky.

cottonwood skyscape

This scene of Maple Trees in Olympic National Park by Fine Art Photographer Clark Schiring is very rainy, and cold. The moss-covered giants are standing over a red and fern-rich foreground. This lush scene is emblematic of Washington’s landscape, with beautiful greens and lush growth everywhere.

Hall of Mosses

This dramatic landscape scene featuring freshly drifted snow amongst the shadows of a field of perfectly-spaced Aspen Trees during the evening golden hour. The sunburst is prominent, and divides the image into some warmer colors reflected off of the snow, and a still bright, blue sky.

winter shadows

In this lush, old-growth forest, one young tree stands out, backlit by a bright sun in a blue sky. In the Hoh rainforest, scenes like this are everywhere, but this setting makes the viewer feel calm while being in an exciting, unique American Landscape.

Radiant Forest

This wide-angle landscape shot was captured from down in the grasses of the Front Range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. The burner, orange sunset is dramatic and highly vibrant and saturated. The textures in the foreground are juxtaposed with the smooth textures in the sky, just as the less-saturated colors of the grasses contrast with the bright colors in the sky.

wrestling with the past

The white sands of Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado provide a canvas for Landscape Photographer Clark Schiring as he captures this scene. The sand glows in hues of indigo and majenta, while the sun sets beyond the horizon, creating a beautiful pink-to-orange sky. The beauty of these elements is augmented by the smooth waves created by the dunes themselves. This photo makes the viewer feel calm, and this fine art photography will make the room feel calm with a modern element.

woven earth

A minimalistic scene from the Oregon Coast Landscape caught by Clark Schiring on his Sony a6300 camera. Taken from a low perspective, the blue sky takes up the majority of this frame with a single coastal tree jutting out of the horizon. As with most images of lone trees, Clark wanted to convey a feeling of determination amongst one’s surroundings, or lack thereof, by publishing this colorful fine art photograph.

on your own

An opened rustic gate allows the viewer’s vision and curiosity to the rugged desert wilderness beyond. A partially cloudy sky provides plenty of sunshine, which augment the scene’s orange tones of this Utah landscape fine art photograph. Mountains in the distance provide another layer of ruggedness to this terrain.

take your time

An oasis-like scene is in front of the viewer; a lush scene with turquoise waters, smooth rock formations, and ferns and other lush foliage surround this scene captured on Sony A7iii by Frisco, Colorado landscape photographer Clark Schiring.

second nature

A weathered barn stands before the viewer, with very dramatic, impending clouds looming in the distance. Captured by Clark Schiring near the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, this fine art photography image evokes a calm-before-the-storm type feeling. Bright, vibrant colors help augment the way this moody image evokes these feelings in the viewer.

rustic refuge

A single, lonesome Juniper or Bristlecone tree stands among a rugged Utah Landscape. Clark Schiring took this image with his Sony Alpha camera, and felt impressed that this tree had the tenacity to brave this rugged Utah landscape. A dramatically cloudy sky with deep, rich tones of blue help place the viewer in this scene.

lone watchman

The first frost of the Autumnal season is gracing this basic wooden guardrail at a State Park in Colorado. Fallen leaves coat the ground, and the viewer is left feeling the first chill of autumn. The guardrail leads the viewer’s attention into the scene, which is filled with hues of red and blue which appear highly saturated with a dramatic mist in the background.

leading lair

The viewer is looking down the middle of a lonely highway with frozen snow and ice blowing across the road surface. Taken by Clark Schiring in the middle of South Dakota in negative ten degree temperatures, the viewer feels the drama of the scene. A blue sky in the distance helps frame the scene with the vastness of this frigid high prairie.

frigid

Along one of New Zealand’s Great Walks, this hiking trail leads the viewer, as it did Fine Art Landscape Photographer Clark Schiring of Frisco, Colorado, into a lush forest of ferns and other wetland foliage. The viewer can feel the excitement offered by this scene.

day dreams

This morning landscape in Washington State was captured by Fine Art Photographer Clark Schiring during the Autumn. A single, large maple tree stretches out in the morning golden hour sunshine, with a secluded bench in the foreground. Clearly, this tranquil spot is a favorite among local residents. Golden rays of sunshine augment red and orange leaves which litter the ground, although this scene was shot at peak fall color.

a thinking place

A wide-angle view of a barn with very distinct features that almost look like a human face dominates this scene, taken from ground level and augmenting a field of prairie grass blowing in the breeze. Clark Schiring of Wilderness Exclusives Fine Art Photography caught this Montana Landscape with mountains towering in the background, and a pleasant sky with a few cumulus clouds, seeming to paint the sky like an artist’s brush.

Crown Jewel Livin’

A “Black/White/Red edit, this is a highly saturated digital art piece by fine art photographer Clark Schiring. The aspen tree trunks are high contrast black-and-white, put in stark contrast to a striking crimson effect that Clark has applied to the leaves, which are backlit, so they are also glowing.

Woodland Paradise

Barton Gulch to Peaks Trail-2

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