Spring Madrone I (Unframed 24 x 18" original cyanotype painting)
This is a combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s: cyanotype. I drew the plant and painted it in —not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion.
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.
NOTE: A smaller size than the others of a similar name. Spring Madrone II, Spring Madrone III, Spring Madrone IV and Spring Madrone V are all larger 30 × 22” works. This was the prototype before I continued with this particular tree series.
Unframed. Signed on the back.
On 100% cotton watercolor paper.
Straight cut edges, not decorative deckled edges.
This is a combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s: cyanotype. I drew the plant and painted it in —not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion.
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.
NOTE: A smaller size than the others of a similar name. Spring Madrone II, Spring Madrone III, Spring Madrone IV and Spring Madrone V are all larger 30 × 22” works. This was the prototype before I continued with this particular tree series.
Unframed. Signed on the back.
On 100% cotton watercolor paper.
Straight cut edges, not decorative deckled edges.
This is a combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s: cyanotype. I drew the plant and painted it in —not with ink or paint, but with light-sensitive photo emulsion.
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.
NOTE: A smaller size than the others of a similar name. Spring Madrone II, Spring Madrone III, Spring Madrone IV and Spring Madrone V are all larger 30 × 22” works. This was the prototype before I continued with this particular tree series.
Unframed. Signed on the back.
On 100% cotton watercolor paper.
Straight cut edges, not decorative deckled edges.
