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In lockdown I was able to procure chemicals and converted my bathroom into a mini darkroom. This led to an experimentation between cyanotype print and painting. My days had discipline again and the need to be in the studio didn't weigh as heavy. Through discovery and observation, cyanotype became a blueprint for my work. The big piles of delivery packaging had become my playground. Collecting bubble wrap, cardboard, recycled paper, and thermocol was an evening ritual from the day's delivery.
There were prompts given by the printing process that led to creating abstract form through paint. Line, form, impressions, textures, shapes helped carve out a new language between light and colour. What started to form was a sort of interdependence between two mediums. To further understand and acknowledge colour and how it interacted with cyanotype, I started exercising albers techniques of colour theory. Different palettes, lighter and darker hues, complimentary colours, gave an entirely new experience to the process. Through these limitations, a new found principle added dimension to these works.