Faraway Hills 25By Christine So
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Overview
2022
Cyanotype, Hand-printed cyanotype on cotton watercolor paper, monotype
Unique Work
Dimensions: 55.9cm (H) x 76.2cm (W) x 0.3cm (D) / 22" (H) x 30" (W) x 0.12" (D)
Note: Actual colours may vary due to photography & computer settings.
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Artist Statement
Though this monotype resembles a watercolor painting or an aquatint etching, it is actually a form of photography called a cyanotype, photogram or sun print. What you see is a multiple-exposure lensless photograph. There can be up to 16 separate exposures in one of my abstract cyanotypes.
Each is entirely unique. These exact lines, shapes and shades of blue cannot be recreated as the exposure of the paper was heavily manipulated by me during each printing.
A traditional single-exposure cyanotype yields a white silhouette against a dark blue background. But instead of creating a white image by blocking light with solid objects on the light-sensitive paper, I used water to block the light, creating subtle gradations of darkening blue as I submerged the light-sensitive paper for different carefully timed exposures under water.
Artist Profile
Born: 1970
Hometown: San Francisco
Based in: Oakland, California, USA
I live in the woods in northern California. Whenever I leave my house I am under an endless web of tree branches. Their silhouettes have etched themselves into my memory over the decades.
My paintings and prints are always nature-inspired and nearly always monochromatic. Each one is an immersion in …
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