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The Airship — fine art metal print by Gary Nicholls

The Airship

Fine art metal print

The Imaginarium Trilogy · Fairy Tale · Surreal Art

£3,500 2016 120 × 48 cm Limited edition of 7 4 of 7 still available

  • 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

I purchased your amazing themed story art images. The story is brilliant and the images are stunning.

Brian C., on The Imaginarium Trilogy · more

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This piece is from Book One of The Imaginarium Trilogy — a steampunk story told in over 450 original photographic composites. See the rest of the set.

About this work

Under a bruised and empty sky, the airship drifts towards shore bearing its stolen cargo.

Within it, Eva is carried away from the world she knows, while below, Lord Montague moves ahead to prepare the path to her confinement. The landscape offers no resistance — only silence, rock and marsh, as though the earth itself has yielded to the darkness of his intent.

The vessel hangs between worlds: part machine, part omen. It promises movement, yet brings only captivity; it crosses open space, yet delivers its passenger towards secrecy and imprisonment.

From Book One of The Imaginarium Trilogy, this image captures the dreadful calm that follows an act of violence — the moment when the deed is done, the route is cleared, and innocence is carried steadily towards the shadows.

Not every journey is an escape.

Some are the quiet beginning of a deeper darkness.

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.