Canada Saskatchewan Southern Saskatchewan Rusting Tractor Relic Afternoon Sky Black And White Wall Art | Limited Edition of 10
This black-and-white photograph was made in southern Saskatchewan, out on the open prairie, where the land feels wider than your thoughts. What you’re looking at is the skeletal remains of an old tractor—its steel wheel, rivets, and curved panels half-swallowed by tall grass, with a weathered steering wheel still tilted toward the sky as if it’s waiting for hands that will never come back.
The details are what pull me in. The wheel isn’t just “rusty”—it’s textured, pitted, and scarred, with a complex industrial geometry that contrasts beautifully against the soft mess of wind-bent grass. The metal is layered with age, and the fasteners and brackets have that honest, utilitarian look you only get from machinery built to work, not to impress. The foreground feels close and tactile, while the horizon line sits low and quiet in the distance, reinforcing Saskatchewan's prairie-scale.
Above it all, the sky is doing its own thing—light cloud streaks and open space, the kind of sky that makes even a small subject feel significant. In monochrome, the scene becomes about shape and structure: circular wheel forms, repeating bolts, the arc of metal panels, and the fine lines of grass cutting across everything. It’s a photograph about time, abandonment, and durability—how the land keeps going while the machine slowly returns to it.
I photographed this on location, standing right beside the relic, moving around it until the angles felt right and the sky gave me enough separation to make the shapes read cleanly. I personally sign every print and include a certificate of authenticity, confirming it as an original photograph made from real travel and firsthand experience.
This piece works beautifully in spaces that lean into rugged materials—wood, steel, concrete, leather—anywhere you want a quiet statement that still has edge. It’s also a strong fit for offices, workshops, or modern farmhouse interiors where industrial history doesn’t feel like decor, it feels like context.
If you’re drawn to weathered machinery like this, you might enjoy Rusting Tractor Relic In Tall Grass.
© Dan Kosmayer, 2025
Edition Information
This photograph is released as a signed and numbered edition of 10 prints across all available sizes. Each print is individually signed and numbered by the artist on the reverse and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Once all 10 prints have been sold, this work will be permanently retired, and no further numbered editions will be produced in any size or format. A small number of Artist Proofs may be retained by the artist for archival or exhibition purposes.
Museum Quality Fine Art Prints
All prints are produced by the artist using archival pigment inks on professional photographic paper with a subtle luster finish.
This paper offers a balanced surface that enhances tonal depth, preserves fine detail, and reduces glare under typical indoor lighting conditions.
Each print is carefully inspected prior to dispatch to ensure consistency of finish and presentation.
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Each print is personally produced, signed, and packaged by me at my studio in Haliburton, Ontario, Canada.
Orders are shipped worldwide via Canada Post at no additional cost. Delivery times may vary based on destination and local customs processing.
During periods of travel for on-location photographic work, dispatch may be delayed until I return to the studio.
