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Corona Virus Explorations

I’m tryin to use this time to explore some new techniques. I have been thinking about emulsion on glass, in my case a cyanotype emulsion on glass but I’ve never done it. Then a few days ago it hit me that I should put the emulsion on the metal I paint on. Finally, a way to integrate the photographs and paintings. If this works, it will allow me to do my cycle of time pieces I’ve been thinking about for so long!! So, I’m very excited! Polished some metal pieces to use as testers yesterday. Had to wash them in a mild acid and then scrub them with a mild abrasive cleaner and steel wool to make sure there was no grease or fingerprints.

Stay tuned.

Upcoming Show at Umpqua Valley Art Center

I’m really excited to announce my upcoming show at the Umpqua Valley Art Center in Roseburg opening in March. I’m going to turn the space into a blue room of images of Oregon, past and present. My cyanotypes are going to go into the windows of the room. I’ve been doing tests with various Japanese papers to find one that works well with cyanotype. The room is HUGE with 10 windows that are 4 feet wind and 7 feet tall!!!

Here is what my paper needs to be able to do;

keeping the image clear

not curl

can withstand washing

won’t tear easily even when wet

will let light through

but not too much light so it will stay legible when the sun hits it

Here are 21 successful 4” x 5” tests, first on the wall and then in the window of my studio. Of course being able to create a 4” x 5” image doesn’t mean the paper is easy to work with when wet once it is 16” x 20”…. A few notes about the process - I used the same negative and exposure time for each test using an exposure unit I built. Cyanotypes are slow compared to some of the UV light sensitive printing methods. Each exposure took 20 mins.

So happy to be so busy creating! More soon!



Photography as Drawing at O'Brien Gallery

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Come join me for the opening reception of Photography as Drawing, my show at O'Brien Photo Gallery in Eugene. For me photography is a facet of my drawing practice. I often take photographs not for the content but for the composition, the line and form. This show will present a range of images, half in black and white, and half with color. 

O'Brien Photo Gallery - 2833 Willamette Ave, Suite B

Reception Saturday November 18th, 3-6pm

 

 

Open Studio on May 20th

Please join me on May 20th for an Open Studio with Libby Wadsworth.

I will be exhibiting some of the cyanotypes I did while the Artist in Residence for Joshua Tree National Park. The palimpsestic paintings that started as Cyanotypes and Van Dyke Brown Types I did while in residence at the Djerassi Resident Artist Program and in the hall I will have some photographs I took while at my Italian residency at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum last summer.