Framed to 44 x 30 x 2 inches. The artwork itself measures 40 x 26 inches. Arches 100% cotton watercolor paper framed in a white 2-inch deep solid wood box frame.
The intricate pattern seen in each tree leaf is is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted, not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion. The blue and white pattern seen in each leaf is a sun print or lensless photograph of tiny plants laid on top of the painted area.
The multiple-day process depends on being able to see while painting in a dark room so as to not expose the light-sensitive painted silhouette before it’s time. The artist named this ongoing series of botanical paintings which have a fine blue and white pattern “Delft Garden” after the Dutch painted porcelain.
The madrone tree is native to California. Its red branches have a way of twisting and its leaves grow in spiraling clusters almost like flowers. The patterns you see up close inside each leaf are from other native Californian plants like wild cow parsley and coastal woodferns (Dryopteris arguta).
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Framed to 44 x 30 x 2 inches. The artwork itself measures 40 x 26 inches. Arches 100% cotton watercolor paper framed in a white 2-inch deep solid wood box frame.
The intricate pattern seen in each tree leaf is is a combination of painting and photography, the antique cyanotype process. The silhouette of the plant was first drawn, then painted, not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion. The blue and white pattern seen in each leaf is a sun print or lensless photograph of tiny plants laid on top of the painted area.
The multiple-day process depends on being able to see while painting in a dark room so as to not expose the light-sensitive painted silhouette before it’s time. The artist named this ongoing series of botanical paintings which have a fine blue and white pattern “Delft Garden” after the Dutch painted porcelain.
The madrone tree is native to California. Its red branches have a way of twisting and its leaves grow in spiraling clusters almost like flowers. The patterns you see up close inside each leaf are from other native Californian plants like wild cow parsley and coastal woodferns (Dryopteris arguta).
Free shipping to the United States.
