Before the Snow

Every fall in Salida, there's a week when the aspens turn gold and you can feel the first snow waiting just over the ridge. I made this piece in that in-between moment. The leaves are sun printed as a cyanotype, then layered with lavender washes, gold paint, and hand-drawn gold linework, with a scatter of gold flecks drifting across the deep blue like the last light of the season. 

8x10" framed to 13x15" in a wide, gold frame

Original cyanotype embellished with watercolor and gold linework.

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