In the Garden Serenity in Blue | Jacqui Penrose

Jacqui is a Canberra-based artist who works mainly with the camera-less photography technique known as cyanotype printing, or sun printing. Jacqui uses the same method that was used in the 1800s to capture images on paper with sunlight.

A relative newcomer to the local art scene, Jacqui is enjoying the challenge of capturing blue moments in time in partnership with nature.

"Life is made up of many colours but some moments are just one colour.”

“Serenity in blue captures the feeling of standing among the trees in the quiet of the early evening.”

“It was made by arranging layers of Prunus leaves from the garden between sheets of glass, on top of paper coated with a photosensitive emulsion. This was then exposed to sunlight to capture the image, before being washed in water. A watercolour wash was added to produce the final picture."

Jacqui Penrose, 2024.

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