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Paragon of Time — fine art metal print by Gary Nicholls

Paragon of Time

Fine art metal print

With Jayne Farleigh

Fairy Tale · Surreal Art

£3,500 2024 51 × 51 cm Limited edition of 7

  • Printed on ChromaLuxe aluminium
  • Signed, numbered and certificated by the artist
  • Made to order — allow about two weeks, plus delivery
  • Shipped insured — £20 UK, £50 worldwide
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  • Fourteen days to change your mind, from the day it arrives

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About this work

Suspended in a realm beyond clocks and gravity, the Paragon of Time rises — not as a captive of the hour, but as its sovereign. Draped in purity and crowned with flame-red power, she lifts a celestial mechanism, ancient and infinite.

Time is no longer a linear sentence but a radiant force she channels, illuminating all she surveys.

This piece explores the mythology of time not as a tyrant, but as a gift — given shape and meaning by the one who dares to hold it.

The colour palette — pinks, whites, golds — is both romantic and transcendent, distancing the scene from physical reality and placing it in a liminal, magical space.

How it is made, and what you receive

Built, not captured
Every element is photographed separately, then layered and worked in Photoshop until the scene holds together as one image.
No AI, no stock images
Every photograph in every composite was taken by me. Nothing here is generated, and nothing is bought in from a library.
Printed on metal
The image is infused into a ChromaLuxe aluminium panel rather than laid on top of it, which is what gives these prints their depth and luminosity. Paper cannot do it.
Signed and numbered
Each print is signed, numbered within its edition, and sent with a certificate of authenticity.
Made to order
Nothing sits in a warehouse. Your print is produced when you order it, which takes about two weeks, then shipped insured.