Recently, my husband, David Showalter, and I were the Artists in Residence at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts. We were in residence during March 2016 for the entire month and we had a wonderful, magical time. Pictured below is the new body of work that I created during our stay. These works on paper are all cyanotypes, an alternative photo process invented in 1842 by Sir John Herschel. Some of these are single exposure, some are double and there are even a couple that were exposed three times.
Big leaves/Falling 24″x18″
Fading 9″x12″
Ferns 24″x18″
fern over coral 18″x12″
St Croix Flora I 9’x12″
St Croix Flora I 9″x12″
fern under leaves 18″x12″
hibicus under ferns 24″x18″
leaves and sprigs 18″x24″
Branches 18″x24″
leaves over coral 18″x12″
leaves over ferns 24″x18″
Palm 18″x24″
Palm Rays 24″x18″
small fern 9″x12″
small flora 9″x12″
St Croix Flora III 18″x24″
tea-stained flora 9″x12″
These works will soon be on exhibition at The Blue Mutt in Christiansted, St Croix, USVI on April 26, 2016 for a joint show with David Showalter. If you are in Christiansted at that time go visit the gallery and have a look!
Melissa Salzman 