Christine So

Although these monotypes resemble screen prints or block prints, they are cyanotypes, a type of 19th century lensless photography also known as blueprints or sun prints. Each of Chri...

These are two separate 30 x 22 inch cyanotypes (unique monotypes) made using the same tree branches flipped over facing the opposite direction, the result being a symmetrical mirror ...

These are branches from a Chinese elm tree. My botanical cyanotypes are each one-of-a-kind slow cameraless photographs made outdoors using natural light. There is no lens and there i...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco shortly after sunrise. Eucalyptus trees grow ramrod straight side by side, towering overhead. The...

Native bay laurel trees reach across a shady path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance where the slender eucalyptus let more light through. These are the woods in...

Hand-printed original cyanotype photograph on heavy cotton watercolor paper. Just one of 3 prints made in this largest size. These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across...

REASON FOR THE 25% DISCOUNT: There is a brown mark in the pale sky near the right edge (See first closeup photo). Undamaged hand-printed 30" cyanotype photographs by this artist are ...

REASON FOR THE 25% DISCOUNT off the normal price for this size photograph: The sky in the upper right edge is darker than it should be. It is the result of brushing on the light-sen...

Morning light filters silently through dense coastal fog and layers of tree branches. This path through a tangle of redwoods and bay laurel trees is in the woods across the bay from ...

The color is a muted gray-green like the celadon glaze on Japanese pottery. it is not a bright mint green. Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. Thi...

These cliffs are north of Bodega Bay on the northern California coast, just above Goat Rock Beach. It was a summer morning. The morning fog had just cleared. The color of the sea and...

These graceful leaning Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San Francisco to Carmel and beyond. They become top-heavy as they grow and th...

A single oak tree in a meadow in dense morning fog. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. This is a photograph printed by hand using the ant...

Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the rises at a sharp angle upward, leading the ...

Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...

Morning light filters silently through dense coastal fog and layers of tree branches. This path through a tangle of redwoods and bay laurel trees is in the woods across the bay from ...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. Native Bay Laurel trees like the one in the foreground and Coast Live Oak...

This set of three 24 x 18 inch unique cyanotypes has two that are grayish-green and one in the middle that is a muted French blue. (The blue one is not a dark traditional navy blue c...

This is an original, hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyanotype process. These Monterey pine trees obscured by fog and wildflowers are in the woods across the bay fr...

New. August, 2026. This set of three grayish-green Japanese-inspired monotypes was made using fresh-cut long-stemmed wild iris (iris douglasiana) that grow along the California coa...

This soft celadon or greenish gray is a very difficult color to achieve with the cyanotype antique photographic process. The artist altered the ratio of the two photography chemicals...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. Native Bay Laurel trees like the one in the foreground and Coast Live Oak...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. Coast Live Oak trees like the one here can be found all up and down the c...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. Native Bay Laurel trees like the one in the foreground and Coast Live Oak...

Two unframed 35 x 18 inch unique gray cyanotypes. Their combined total is 35 x 36 inches. Once matted and framed they would cover 4.5 feet horizontally. Although this looks like a...

The tall narrow format of this unique cyanotype evokes scroll paintings. The olive branches are not white, but pale blue. Traditional single-exposure cyanotype prints are a solid dar...

These unique prints were made using fresh-cut Douglas irises which are native to California. The color is a muted grayish blue-green. Depending on the color of wall it is against, it...

The color is a muted gray-green like the celadon glaze on Japanese pottery. it is not a bright mint green. Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. Thi...

The color is a muted gray-green like the celadon glaze on Japanese pottery. it is not a bright mint green. Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. Thi...

The color is a muted gray-green like the celadon glaze on Japanese pottery. it is not a bright mint green. Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. Thi...

Although this looks like a screen print or woodcut, it is actually a form of 19th-century photography, a cyanotype. This pale blue-gray is a very difficult color to achieve with the ...

The butter yellow glow of a summer sky at sunrise. The silhouette of one long graceful madrone branch hanging low. The darker olive green undercoat was painted thinly and allowed to ...

The color is a muted gray-green like the celadon glaze on Japanese pottery. it is not a bright mint green. Though this unique monotype looks like a woodcut or linocut, it is not. Thi...

Two slender curved Monterey pine trees are backlit by the morning sun. The distant treetops fade into the coastal morning fog ever present in the woods across the bay from San Franci...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The iconic Monterey cypress trees can be found all up and down the coast ...

Each unique cyanotype is 9 inches wide by 24 inches tall. The flowers are a pale blue, not white as in traditional single exposure cyanotypes. Though these look like screen prints or...

A unique monotype of two freshly cut agapanthus from my garden using the 19th century photographic process of cyanotype. These flowers only bloom for two months of the year each summ...

These are branches from the native Californian bay laurel tree in my garden. I deliberately chose curving branches for the most interesting lines in my composition. I essentially “dr...

A scene from an early hike in the woods when the rising sun was backlighting the trees. The native California madrone tree has such beautifully twisted and bending branches while its...

Five huge pale blue agapanthus flowers against a deep midnight blue sky. Every botanical cyanotype the artist makes is a unique monotype. There is no way to reproduce exactly the sam...

The bright glow of a summer sky at sunrise. The silhouette of a single magnolia tree branch with its curving curling leaves. The darker grass green undercoat was painted in transluce...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The iconic Monterey cypress trees can be found all up and down the coast ...

Original acrylic painting on 24 x 48 inch canvas with 1/5 in inch deep clean white sides. Unframed. This is the fourth in the artist's ‘Twilight’ series of nine monochrome botanical...

Monterey cypress trees cast their shade on an uphill path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from S...

The leaves of the Chinese elm here are a pale blue rather than white. Though this monoprint looks like a wood cut or screen print, this is actually a form of photography called a cya...

Giant oaks reach across a shady path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. The pho...

Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...

This is an original, hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyanotype process. This path through towering Monterey pine trees is in the woods across the bay from San Franc...

This is an original, hand-printed contact photograph using the antique cyanotype process. These Monterey pine trees obscured by fog and wildflowers are in the woods across the bay fr...

Giant oaks reach across a shady path in the woods, soft morning light glowing in the distance. These are the woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. The pho...

Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...

Towering Monterey pines lean over a steep downhill path in the woods at dawn in a dramatic composition. All lines lean the same direction. Then the path zig-zags at a sharp angle upw...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The iconic Monterey cypress trees can be found all up and down the coast ...

A curve in a s steep path in woods that disappear into morning mist. These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. This is a photograph print...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...

A steep path in the woods curves upward with the distant pines at the top disappearing into morning fog and the leafy trees in the foreground bright and sharp. These are the foggy wo...

These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the bay from San Francisco. Shortly after sunrise. The paths are crowded with towering eucalyptus, bay laurel and madrone tr...

These iconic Monterey pines are found all up and down the coast of California from Carmel to San Francisco to Mendocino. These are the foggy woods in the hills of Oakland, across the...

Early morning in the silent woods. These iconic Monterey pines can be found all up and down the coast of northern California from San Francisco to Carmel and beyond. These are the wo...