Marie Craig

"Dilexit 4", contemporary, leaves, cathedral, blue, cyanotype, photograph

2017

Marie Craig's 'Knotweed’ is an original deep blue photograph of leaves and branches of the Japanese Knotweed plant. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic proc...

Marie Craig's 'Roiling’ is an original deep blue photograph of ocean waves partially obscured with fern leaves. This piece was created using...

Marie Craig's 'Crane 5’ is an original deep blue photograph of an industrial crane superimposed by leaves. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic process which...

Marie Craig's 'Buckeye’ is an original deep blue photograph of leaves from the Bottlebrush Buckeye tree. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic process which u...

By toning cyanotypes, using chemicals that turn the deep blue images to yellow, Craig's photographs fade and begin to disappear. Craig is curious about what happens when she stops the process at various stages, and when she lets the images ‘evaporate’ completely. Nothing lasts forever. Ferns are some of the oldest plants on earth. Ferns embody resilience. Many forms have come and gone since they first appeared on the planet; 10,000 species exist today, in tropical, temperate and arctic regions. White mat, framed behind glass in white wood frame, 14 x 17 inches Marie Craig’s photography considers objects that were once imbued with life but have since been abandoned. Juncture, Craig’s latest series, alludes to a turning point, the moment where a choice made profoundly alters the trajectory of what follows, whether evident at the time or not. She uses cyanotype, because in this early photographic process choice and chance factor equally into the outcome of each piece. Craig’s layered photographs...

By toning cyanotypes, using chemicals that turn the deep blue images to yellow, Craig's photographs fade and begin to disappear. Craig is curious about what happens when she stops the process at various stages, and when she lets the images ‘evaporate’ completely. Nothing lasts forever. The Wollemi Pine, thought to be extinct, was known only from 200-million-year-old fossils until 1994, when the 100 ft trees were discovered living happily in the impenetrable forests of New South Wales. The personification of longevity and adaptability, this beautiful tree is critically endangered. White mat, framed behind glass in white wood frame, 14 x 17 inches Marie Craig’s photography considers objects that were once imbued with life but have since been abandoned. Juncture, Craig’s latest series, alludes to a turning point, the moment where a choice made profoundly alters the trajectory of what follows, whether evident at the time or not. She uses cyanotype, because in this early photographic process choice and chance factor equally into the outcome of each piece. Craig’s layered photographs...

This one-of-a-kind alt process landscape (photogram) was actually just made during my recent artist residency, which concluded in September; I was 4 unique silver gelatin prints into...

Luanne Rimel is an artist, curator, instructor, and currently the Director of Education Programs at Craft Alliance Art Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Her work is layered with histori...

Unique silver gelatin print (photogram made sans enlarger); Mixed process triple exposure with spinach, ice, sand, glitter, and flowers; Exposed via dripping candle. From my brand new "The Many Rings of Saturn" series, which was just completed a few weeks ago. [All of my prints are signed and dated on the back; film-based prints are editioned as well.] Printed August 2022; Made without the use of a camera. I think of all my darkroom prints in terms of what they are and what else they can be, and refer to them as spiritual landscapes...

In this image, Jessie Spiess applies her signature multiple-exposure technique to the buildings of Milwaukee downtown. Specifically, she looks to the massive Postmodern 1000 North Water Street...

In this image, Jessie Spiess applies her signature multiple-exposure technique to the City of Milwaukee as seen from the Yacht Club on Lake Michigan. She often turns her camera to vi...

In this image, Jessie Spiess applies her signature multiple-exposure technique to the Milwaukee Art Museum's famous Quadracci Pavilion, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava. She ...