Photogravure bee.

Working on a new series, loving these test prints for a asma exhibition next fall. Cyanotype toned in nut tree tannins—pecan, walnut, butternut, and almond. These are all from the genus Bombas from the Chapman-Lienk Memorial Insect Collection. #pollinators #climateart #art #cyanotype #scienceart

Purple Loosestrife is a lovely invasive species that blooms with purple flowers in roadside ditches and wetlands in late summer.
Lythrum salicaria, cyanotype from specimens collected in Geneva, NY, 44”x30” 2 panels.
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Single stem prints of Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) is made with plants from the pond beside the studio building. Invasive, but also lovely. Each is 11”x30”, cyanotype. #invasivespeciescyanotype #art #invasivespecies #climateart #photography #cyanotype

Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus) is made with plants from the pond beside the studio building. I didn’t realize they were invasive until a fellow artist/gardener pointed it out. 66”x30” 3 panel cyanotype. #invasivespeciescyanotype #art #invasivespecies #climateart #photography #cyanotype

Curator Mia Tetrault talking about the Yellow Flag Lily cyanotype at “The Ephemeral World of Flowers” in the Solarium Gallery at Houghton, Geneva NY.

I’m photographing pollinators for a new project. These hawk moths from the Chapman-Lienk Memorial Insect Collection are really beautiful. #art #pollinators #artprocess #scienceart #climateart #science #hawkmoth #lepidoptera

The American lotus that I used for this cyanotype was from an invasive species removal project. While native to the US, it can form dense colonies when released into large waterways. Nelumbo lutea, Unique 44”x30” print.

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This is an invasive species cyanotype- Wild Parsnip: Pastinaca sativa. This was the first plant I printed for this series, from specimens I collected myself.

9”x11” original cyanotype from collected specimen.

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