Faraway Hills 22 (18 x 24" Original Abstract Cyanotype on Paper)

(18 x 24" Original Abstract Cyanotype on Paper)

I have named this series “Faraway Hills” as the ridges resemble the hills of Angel Island, Marin and San Francisco as I see them from across the bay in Oakland. I was born and raised in San Francisco and the thought of living any place without hills would be unimaginable to me. They have etched their shapes into my memory for life.

Though these monotypes resemble watercolor paintings or an aquatint etchings, they are actually a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. What you see is a multiple-exposure lensless photograph. There are between 10 and 20 overlapping exposures. Each is entirely unique. These exact lines, shapes and shades of blue cannot be recreated as the exposure of the paper was heavily manipulated by me during each printing.

A traditional single-exposure cyanotype yields a white silhouette against a dark blue background. But instead of creating a white image by blocking light with solid objects on the light-sensitive paper, I used water to block the light, creating subtle gradations of darkening blue as I submerged the light-sensitive paper for different carefully timed exposures under water.]

Original monotype. Signed on the back by the artist. On 100% cotton acid-free watercolor paper. Ships in a box. Unframed.