From the Dark Room

It’s been a busy time in the dark room running test after test, screwing with negative color profiles, experimenting with different pigment combinations. Many of the results should be burned. But some mysterious surprises have also emerged.

This print is an unexpected pleasure: base print of cyanotype with a sketchy layer of Van Dyke Brown on top. It is spurring more new ideas and, of course, more experiments. The idea of incorporating some more painterly, gestural work into this series is an exciting and intimidating one for me… Stay tuned.