The Art of Becoming

Three Fern Varieties | Layered Brushstrokes | Single Exposure

This piece is a beautiful example of how much I love experimenting with the cyanotype process and finding new ways to push its creative boundaries. Through a unique approach to hand coating the watercolor paper with light sensitive chemicals, I was able to achieve an incredible sense of depth and dimension using just a single exposure.

Featuring three different varieties of ferns, this composition brings together their delicate shapes and intricate textures in rich shades of midnight blue, indigo, turquoise, and soft periwinkle. The overlapping foliage creates a beautiful sense of movement, almost as though you're looking through layers of leaves in a lush forest.

What I love most about this piece is how the expressive brushstrokes become part of the composition itself. The combination of intricate fern details, painterly textures, and unexpected variations in color makes this one of my more experimental works, reminding me that there is always something new to discover through this process.