(Cyanotype on paper, 23 x 13 inches, Unframed)
Though this monotype resembles an aquatint etching or watercolor painting, it is actually a form of photography called a cyanotype or sun print. With my years of experience in traditional printmaking, I often mimic printmaking effects when I use the cyanotype process . Instead of creating an image by blocking light with solid objects (such as plants) on the light-sensitive paper, I used water to block the light, creating subtle gradations of blue as I submerged the light-sensitive paper for carefully timed exposures under water.
At 22 x 13”, this is lightly shorter than the 12 x 24” similar abstracts “Blue Valley” and “Night Valley.” The palest portions of the print are a pale blue-green sea glass color rather than a bright white. On heavy 100% cotton acid-free watercolor paper.
Unframed.
(Cyanotype on paper, 23 x 13 inches, Unframed)
Though this monotype resembles an aquatint etching or watercolor painting, it is actually a form of photography called a cyanotype or sun print. With my years of experience in traditional printmaking, I often mimic printmaking effects when I use the cyanotype process . Instead of creating an image by blocking light with solid objects (such as plants) on the light-sensitive paper, I used water to block the light, creating subtle gradations of blue as I submerged the light-sensitive paper for carefully timed exposures under water.
At 22 x 13”, this is lightly shorter than the 12 x 24” similar abstracts “Blue Valley” and “Night Valley.” The palest portions of the print are a pale blue-green sea glass color rather than a bright white. On heavy 100% cotton acid-free watercolor paper.
Unframed.
