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As the Months Pass

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$1,300.00
$1,300.00 - $1,300.00
Current price $1,300.00

Inspiration 
The depth and growth of family connections over passing days, months, and years. This original mixed media cyanotype is part of the Cleaver series. 

The plant featured in this artwork is Cleaver aka Galium Aperine, stickyweed, hitchhikers and sweetheart. In all honesty, it is an extremely annoying plant, especially if you have fluffy dogs. You can guess how I know. 

When seeding, this plant produces very small burrs with tiny hairs that are like velcro to pants and fuzzy legs. Very irritating and it takes quite a lot of patience to remove them from anything. 

However! When flattened and used as the featured plant in a cyanotype, cleaver redeems itself into elegant, graceful, connected constellations of stars. Quite magical. 

About My Process: Cyanotypes are a photographic process that use a UV-sensitive emulsion that reacts with the sun to create ethereal images in blue and white. Since this process is so dependent on the weather, light conditions, seasons, and timing, there is an unpredictable nature to the outcome of each piece that can’t be replicated. To me, this is part of the mystery of this art form.

In addition to the outdoor elements required for cyanotype creation, I use plants, collage, and sometimes ink and acrylic to create each piece. Each piece is made on thick, bright white, Arches watercolor paper with deckled edges. It’s intriguing to me that the subject matter, the paper substrate, and even the piece itself uses Nature as an integral part of its creation process. I like to think that I'm collaborating with Nature to create art in celebration of Nature!

My hope is that when you experience this artwork, you feel an immediate sense of connection and grounding with the Natural World. A moment of calm and a giant exhale for your nervous system.

Unique features: Please note that due to the cyanotype process, there may be slight undulations in the paper and each piece features a unique blue ranging from cyan to indigo to Prussian blue. This is normal. Refer to one of the included images to see examples of the variations in blue and deckled edges.

This piece is 22x 30 inches and unframed. It would look stunning when float mounted in a thin brushed silver, black, or light maple frame.

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