Delft Monstera (35 x 28 inches FRAMED. 30 x 22" Original Cyanotype Painting on Paper)

(35 x 28 inches FRAMED. 30 x 22" Original Cyanotype Painting on Paper)

FRAMED in a 3/8” slim white metal gallery frame with a 3-inch wide mat. Ready to hang.Original Cyanotype Painting on Paper)

This is a combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s: cyanotype. I drew the outline of the Monstera plant in pencil and painted it in —not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion. Then I laid tiny wildflowers and plants over the light-sensitive painting and exposed it to sunlight and rinsed the sunprint.

The blue and white pattern seen in each leaf which resembles painted Delft pottery is really a sun print or cameraless photograph of tiny plants laid on top. If you look closely you may see a tiny flower or two...