Marie Craig Art

“Flowerbead” is a photograph of yellow and red blossoms in a garden which become transformed by the inclusion of handcrafted glass beads. The 24 x 24 inch print on aluminum, part Ph...

“Squash Blossom”, is a photograph of a yellow summer squash blossom in a garden which becomes transformed by the inclusion of the image of a handcrafted glass bead. The 24 x 24 inch ...

“Eggplant”, is a photograph of a purple eggplant, ripening in the garden, which becomes transformed into a handcrafted glass bead. The 30 x 20 inch print on aluminum, part of photogr...

“Fiddlehead” is a photograph of a bright green emerging fiddlehead fern which becomes transformed by the inclusion of the image of a handcrafted glass bead. The 20 x 16 inch print on...

“Raspberry” is a photograph of red raspberries, ripening in a garden, that is transformed by the inclusion the image of a handcrafted glass bead. The 16 x 20 inch print on aluminum, ...

Marie Craig’s “Rising 3” is a 10 x 13 inch color photograph, a part of the artist’s “Natural Consequences” series. Rich blues dominate this photo, which is surrounded by a white matt...

Marie Craig's "Sign City Galore" is an original deep blue photograph of an old buildings obscured by leaves. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic process whi...

Marie Craig's "Everybody had a Bad Year" is an original montage of four hand-colored deep blue photographs of a tropical leaf. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photog...

Marie Craig's "We All Shine On" is an original montage of four hand-colored deep blue photographs of the Mill Mountain Star. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photogra...

Marie Craig's "Newnes Oven 3" is an original deep blue photograph of an old coal oven obscured by leaves. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic process which ...

Marie Craig’s “New York Skyline” is a pen and ink drawing of the skyline of New York City on a unique cyanotype photograph of leaves and blossoms which has been toned to fade away ar...

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...

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 "Dilexit 4" is an original deep blue photograph of an old cathedral with superimposed leaves and branches. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic...

Marie Craig's "Forest for the Trees 3" is an original dark green photograph of a rustic cabin imposed into a silhouette of a leaf. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early ph...

Marie Craig's "Forest for the Trees 1" is an original dark green photograph of a skyscraper imposed into a silhouette of a leaf. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early phot...

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

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. Blue Gum trees, native to Australia, have survived for millennia by adapting and thriving in a climate where wildfires are common. Now invasive in many parts of the world, this 'gasoline tree' is a dangerous fire hazard, especially in the face of climate change, which is expected to make wildfires more common. 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. 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...

Marie Craig’s “Warming 1” is a 10 x 13 inch color photograph, a part of the artist’s “ Natural Consequences” series. Rich blues dominate this photo, which is surrounded by a white ma...

Marie Craig’s “Warming 2” is a 10 x 13 inch color photograph, a part of the artist’s “ Natural Consequences” series. Rich blues dominate this photo, which is surrounded by a white ma...

Marie Craig’s “Rising 2” is a 10 x 13 inch color photograph, a part of the artist’s “ Natural Consequences” series. Rich blues dominate this photo, which is surrounded by a white matt and framed in a white wood frame; framed dimensions are 18 x 22 x 0.75 inches. An original large-scale cyanotype photograph on transparent silk is re-photographed in the Boston cityscape...

Marie Craig’s “Entanglement 12” is a pen and ink drawing of an oil refinery drawn on a unique cyanotype photograph of leaves and blossoms which has been toned to fade away areas of t...

Marie Craig’s “Entanglement 1” is a pen and ink drawing of a coal-fired power plant drawn on a unique cyanotype photograph of leaves and blossoms which has...

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...

Marie Craig's 'Abbey Ruin 7’ is an original deep blue photograph of the architectural ruins of an Abbey partially obscured with vines and branches. This piece was created using cyano...

Marie Craig's ‘Harbor Bridge 3’ is an original photograph of the underside of the Sydney (Australia) Harbor Bridge, partially obscured with vines and branches. This piece was created...

Marie Craig's "Crane 2" is an original photograph of architectural ruins partially obscured with vines and branches. This piece was created using cyanotype, an early photographic pro...

'Restructure (New South Wales)' is a color photograph of reflections on and through window glass of an abandoned tea house in rural New South Wales, Australia. The 24 x 36 inch photo...

'Overtaken', by Marie Craig, is a 20 x 30 inch contemporary photograph of bittersweet vine growing through an abandoned drive-In movie screen. The ima...