Good Times Ahead - This sign hangs on a small street in my Baltimore neighborhood and it makes me smile every time I drive past it. The pole it hangs on is now leaning over further and the sign has been sprayed with graffiti so I am so grateful that I stopped to take a photo of it a couple years ago and can share it with you. The sign has maybe seen better days but there are still Good Things Ahead!!!
11”x14” Original cyanotype print on 300g watercolor paper.
** Listing is for print only. Frame for illustration purposes and is not included.
Each print is an original and the cyanotype chemicals are individually handpainted on the paper, so the tones will give subtle variations among prints. The beauty of cyanotypes is that each print is perfectly imperfect and unique.
About cyanotype:
A cyanotype (sun-print) is light sensitive photographic print that dates back to the 1840’s. I create my art by painting a light sensitive solution onto watercolor paper. The paper is covered with transparent film negatives that I create from my photographs and other organic material that I have pressed. I then expose the surface to sunlight. Whatever is on the surface, plants or a negative, blocks the light and the remaining paper that is exposed to sunlight will be chemically altered. Finally, the print is washed with water which rinses off the remaining chemicals and results in a deep Prussian blue color.
Copyright 2025 Stevie Oliver
Good Times Ahead - This sign hangs on a small street in my Baltimore neighborhood and it makes me smile every time I drive past it. The pole it hangs on is now leaning over further and the sign has been sprayed with graffiti so I am so grateful that I stopped to take a photo of it a couple years ago and can share it with you. The sign has maybe seen better days but there are still Good Things Ahead!!!
11”x14” Original cyanotype print on 300g watercolor paper.
** Listing is for print only. Frame for illustration purposes and is not included.
Each print is an original and the cyanotype chemicals are individually handpainted on the paper, so the tones will give subtle variations among prints. The beauty of cyanotypes is that each print is perfectly imperfect and unique.
About cyanotype:
A cyanotype (sun-print) is light sensitive photographic print that dates back to the 1840’s. I create my art by painting a light sensitive solution onto watercolor paper. The paper is covered with transparent film negatives that I create from my photographs and other organic material that I have pressed. I then expose the surface to sunlight. Whatever is on the surface, plants or a negative, blocks the light and the remaining paper that is exposed to sunlight will be chemically altered. Finally, the print is washed with water which rinses off the remaining chemicals and results in a deep Prussian blue color.
Copyright 2025 Stevie Oliver
