This is a combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s called 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: This one is meant to hang horizontally, but it is the same 30 × 22” size as Spring Madrone II, Spring Madrone IV and Spring Madrone V.
Unframed. On 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper.
Signed on the back.
Decorative deckled edges can be left exposed and float-mounted rather than covered under a mat.
This is a combination of painting and a kind of alternative photographic process from the 1800s called 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: This one is meant to hang horizontally, but it is the same 30 × 22” size as Spring Madrone II, Spring Madrone IV and Spring Madrone V.
Unframed. On 100% cotton Arches watercolor paper.
Signed on the back.
Decorative deckled edges can be left exposed and float-mounted rather than covered under a mat.
