North Window, Tree and Eastern Oregon Landscape
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
Central North Window
without sunlight coming through
This window is the one I did not change in any way.
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
North Window, View through the Trees
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
West Window, Coastal Forest
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
West Window, Forked Tree and Fence
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
West Window, Tree and Creek
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
South Window, Hillside and Poppies
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
60” x 26”
South Window, Old Growth Forest with Reflection
without sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
South Window, New Growth Oregon Woods
without sunlight coming through
In doing these pieces, I decided to completely alter one window and to keep one un-changed. This is the window where I completely erased the original view. Instead one sees a view in a young stand of trees, a re-grown forest since having been clearcut.
cyanotype on gampi paper
60” x 26”
North Window, Tree and Eastern Oregon Landscape
with sunlight filtering through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
Central North Windsw
with sunlight coming through
This window is the one I did not change in any way.
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
North Window, View Through the Trees
with sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
West Window, Coastal Forest
with sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
West Window, Forked Tree and Fence
with sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
West Window, Tree and Creek
with sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
South Window, Hillside and Poppies
with sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
60” x 26”
South Window, Old Groth Forest with Relfection
with sunlight coming through
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
South Window, New Growth Oregon Woods
with sunlight coming through
In doing these pieces, I decided to completely alter one window and to keep one un-changed. This is the window where I completely erased the original view. Instead one sees a view in a young stand of trees, a re-grown forest since having been clearcut.
cyanotype on gampi paper
60” x 26”
North Window, Tree and Eastern Oregon Landscape
West Window, Forked Tree and Fence
A west window with the cyanotype in place and the view I started with. Here I merged a field in Wyoming that was on the Oregon trail into the lower portion of the image, creating a new memory from the combined memories of my family crossing and the present time.
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
Southwest Window, Rushing Creek
cyanotype on gampi paper
84” x 43”
South Facing Window, Oregon Woods - two views
On the left is a view of re-grown young forest, on the right is the view out the window.
Found Memory at UVAA
Erased Landscape, Found Memory is a site specific installation for a large gallery at the Umpqua Valley Arts Center. In this work I question comfortable perceptions of photography and memory as a means to explore time. I started with photographs taken out of each window in the gallery, mixed elements from these images into alternative landscapes and printed the final images as cyanotypes on gampi paper. The prints were hung in the windows, replacing the regular view with an altered reality. One of the interesting effects was that many people, on entering the room, momentarily thought the space was empty and only on turning to leave did the shift created by my work force them to turn again, to look, to see. The translucent gampi paper allowed light to pass through and shadows from outside to be seen, this combined with the cyanotype blue to proffer a stained-glass-like stillness and silence to the space, a timelessness.
The thumbnails are arranged in four groups. First, each window without sunlight. Then, installed and back lit by the sun. The third grouping compares the created view with the original. Finally there are some other installation views, including shadows from outside adding onto the images, details and groups of windows together.