Reflections

Like a wave moving through the ocean, I don't know where I'm headed sometimes and that's okay. I needed a different lens, a deeper dive into memory and process. I have always been drawn to the power of the ocean, a symphony of motion. It’s thunderous claps upon the beach and the breeze it brings to the shore; gliding in and out of the land, tidal with alternate currents.
This is a 35mm film negative scanned, enlarged and printed on
11 x 18" transparency. Developing a cyanotype was a new process for me to experiment with. I exposed the coated watercolor paper in a UV bed after many attempts outside. The paper is rinsed and put though a bleach solution to soften the image and remove some of the original pigment in order to bring forward the texture of the watercolor paper. The cyanotype is one in a series of four. The wall mounting structure can not be duplicated.
The reclaimed cedar siding and urethaned split pine supported the ever changing ocean and forms the wall mount structure while offering a wave pattern and enriching the blues of the cyanotype. It found its place.