Flowering Eucalyptus III (original 30 x 22" cyanotype)
(30 × 22 inch botanical cyanotype on paper)
Unframed.
These early spring eucalyptus branches still have their tiny star-shaped flowers attached where the little acorn-shaped seeds grow. They came from a fallen tree in the woods by my house in the Oakland hills.
My botanical cyanotypes are each one-of-a-kind “contact photographs” made outdoors using natural light and real plants and branches. There was no camera or photo negative, no etched plate or printing press.
I spend a great deal of time planning and arranging the composition of the branches on the photo sensitive paper before exposing the contact photograph to achieve a perfect balance of positive and negative space. I enjoy creating the illusion of a “scene” as if each botanical print were a snapshot or a painting.
NOTE: Flowering Eucalyptus II & Flowering Eucalyptus III are the exact same color of blue, both the background and the leaves. The sky is more a French blue than a navy blue. The leaves are a pale blue and not white. Those two make the best dipytych if you wanted to hang more than one. If you wanted three for a triptych from this series, the others in the series have slight variations and I recommend hanging the odd one as the middle panel for balance.
In Flowering Eucalyptus IV the sky is the same color as this but the leaves are white.
*In Flowering Eucalyptus I, the sky is a bit darker than all the others, more a navy blue, while the leaves are a pale blue but a slightly darker shade.
Hand-printed on 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper with decorative deckled edges which look beautiful float-mounted rather than behind a mat.
Signed on the back.
(30 × 22 inch botanical cyanotype on paper)
Unframed.
These early spring eucalyptus branches still have their tiny star-shaped flowers attached where the little acorn-shaped seeds grow. They came from a fallen tree in the woods by my house in the Oakland hills.
My botanical cyanotypes are each one-of-a-kind “contact photographs” made outdoors using natural light and real plants and branches. There was no camera or photo negative, no etched plate or printing press.
I spend a great deal of time planning and arranging the composition of the branches on the photo sensitive paper before exposing the contact photograph to achieve a perfect balance of positive and negative space. I enjoy creating the illusion of a “scene” as if each botanical print were a snapshot or a painting.
NOTE: Flowering Eucalyptus II & Flowering Eucalyptus III are the exact same color of blue, both the background and the leaves. The sky is more a French blue than a navy blue. The leaves are a pale blue and not white. Those two make the best dipytych if you wanted to hang more than one. If you wanted three for a triptych from this series, the others in the series have slight variations and I recommend hanging the odd one as the middle panel for balance.
In Flowering Eucalyptus IV the sky is the same color as this but the leaves are white.
*In Flowering Eucalyptus I, the sky is a bit darker than all the others, more a navy blue, while the leaves are a pale blue but a slightly darker shade.
Hand-printed on 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper with decorative deckled edges which look beautiful float-mounted rather than behind a mat.
Signed on the back.
(30 × 22 inch botanical cyanotype on paper)
Unframed.
These early spring eucalyptus branches still have their tiny star-shaped flowers attached where the little acorn-shaped seeds grow. They came from a fallen tree in the woods by my house in the Oakland hills.
My botanical cyanotypes are each one-of-a-kind “contact photographs” made outdoors using natural light and real plants and branches. There was no camera or photo negative, no etched plate or printing press.
I spend a great deal of time planning and arranging the composition of the branches on the photo sensitive paper before exposing the contact photograph to achieve a perfect balance of positive and negative space. I enjoy creating the illusion of a “scene” as if each botanical print were a snapshot or a painting.
NOTE: Flowering Eucalyptus II & Flowering Eucalyptus III are the exact same color of blue, both the background and the leaves. The sky is more a French blue than a navy blue. The leaves are a pale blue and not white. Those two make the best dipytych if you wanted to hang more than one. If you wanted three for a triptych from this series, the others in the series have slight variations and I recommend hanging the odd one as the middle panel for balance.
In Flowering Eucalyptus IV the sky is the same color as this but the leaves are white.
*In Flowering Eucalyptus I, the sky is a bit darker than all the others, more a navy blue, while the leaves are a pale blue but a slightly darker shade.
Hand-printed on 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper with decorative deckled edges which look beautiful float-mounted rather than behind a mat.
Signed on the back.
