Seaweeds are mysterious. They inhabit an underworld that we rarely witness and will never belong to – wild, untended gardens of the sea.
They are ancient – fossil studies have revealed them to be over one billion years old and responsible in large part for the creation of our atmosphere.
And they are incredibly important – algae generate more than half of the oxygen in the air and store massive amounts of carbon.
I work in absolute collaboration with the beautiful algae and flora from the coast of Maine. They literally imprint themselves life size onto watercolor paper or canvas murals through the cyanotype process as the Elements, especially the heat and UV rays from the sun, water, and wind develop their likeness.
Green Sea Fingers, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 28 X 28
Bladderwrack II, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 28 x 28
Green Fingers II, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, each 26 X 26
Southern Garden II, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 x 24
Summer Garden I, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 X 24
Southgern Garden, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 X 24
Botanical Alchemy, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 x 23
Ocean Garden Murals, Cyanotype on Canvas, each 84 X 23
Summer Garden II, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 X 24
Rockweed, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 26 X 26
Seaweed Garden, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 27 x 31
Bladderwrack, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 26 x 26
Corn Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 23 x 50
Sweet Corn Diptych, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 X 48
Wild Summer Flowers, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 x 24
Sweet Peas I, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 X 24
Summer Squash, Cyanotype Diptych on Watercolor Paper, 22 x 36
Papyrus, Allium and Squash, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 32 x 24
Water Hemlock, Cyanotype on Watercolor Paper, 50 x 24
The Will of the Wild Remains, Cyanotype Triptych on Watercolor Paper, 22 x 54
Summer Garden III, Cyanotype on Canvas, 84 x 23
Water Garden Mural, Cyanotype on Canvas, 84 X 23
Water Lilies with Flowers, Cyanotyope on Watercolor Paper, 20 X 24
Summer Garden IV, Cyanotype on Canvas, 84 x 23
