Claudia Hollister, Anemone & Magnolias
Cyanotype collage 8 x 10 1/2 x 0 2023
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A professional sculptor, porcelain artist and designer, Claudia Hollister previously designed for Reed & Barton Silversmiths, Orrefors Crystal, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Godiva Chocolates. Claudia has shown at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of Art, The American Craft Museum and Cartier Jewelers. After starting her porcelain studio she was commissioned to create large-scale site-specific installations for children’s hospitals, corporations and hotels. Hollister began teaching encaustic painting at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2012 and was instrumental in developing the successful guest artist workshop series. Claudia is known for her encaustic still life paintings focusing on the vessel, as a voluptuous sculptural form. Intrigued with a process for printing in the sun without dangerous chemicals, she started making Cyanotype prints in 2014. Currently Claudia prints spring through fall creating images from her garden as stand alone prints, also incorporating them into grounds for her encaustic work.
Claudia works full-time in her Portland, Oregon studio. She holds a BFA from the University of Oregon.
Artist Statement, Beyond the Blues
Beyond the Blues has stretched my vision of creating cyanotype collages in scale and scope. This is the first time introducing hand tinted colors to my work. It was a long process to find the right mediums to give me the desired effects, ultimately, alcohol inks were chosen for the transparency and the watercolor for its rich opacity.My process involves alchemy, nature, artistic license, technology, and timing. During COVID lockdown I started documenting my garden. I photograph in my studio in natural light using my iPhone, then create a negative, printed on transparency film. The film is placed under glass, on paper coated with a UV sensitive solution, and set in the sun until it is developed. Dropping the exposed paper in water, watching the magic as the print oxidizes and the positive image appears.This is the fourth year documenting the cycle of seasonal blooms in a uniquely beautiful and sometimes mysterious format. I continue to bring a new perspective to this historic process. As I expand my vision into creating a vintage modern feel ranging in depth of color and compositions using garden flowers.Visual Poetry consists of cyanotype collages that show case my garden flowers and collection of antique vessels. The floral narratives are enhanced by the use of paper backgrounds often printed with unusual materials. The Muses,Mermaids and Nymphs, are sweet small framed cyanotype collages. They consist of direct contact prints from plants in the background and photographic prints in the foreground.My garden is my sanctuary where I go for pleasure, to remember those I love, and to find solace. This show is dedicated to my sister Laura who recently past, but not before seeing her beautiful garden one last time.
Claudia’s website: www.claudiahollister.com
Cyanotype collage 8 x 10 1/2 x 0 2023
Shipping not included in the price. The gallery will contact the buyer via the information provided at checkout. Please email info@JenTough.gallery for questions.
A professional sculptor, porcelain artist and designer, Claudia Hollister previously designed for Reed & Barton Silversmiths, Orrefors Crystal, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Godiva Chocolates. Claudia has shown at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of Art, The American Craft Museum and Cartier Jewelers. After starting her porcelain studio she was commissioned to create large-scale site-specific installations for children’s hospitals, corporations and hotels. Hollister began teaching encaustic painting at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2012 and was instrumental in developing the successful guest artist workshop series. Claudia is known for her encaustic still life paintings focusing on the vessel, as a voluptuous sculptural form. Intrigued with a process for printing in the sun without dangerous chemicals, she started making Cyanotype prints in 2014. Currently Claudia prints spring through fall creating images from her garden as stand alone prints, also incorporating them into grounds for her encaustic work.
Claudia works full-time in her Portland, Oregon studio. She holds a BFA from the University of Oregon.
Artist Statement, Beyond the Blues
Beyond the Blues has stretched my vision of creating cyanotype collages in scale and scope. This is the first time introducing hand tinted colors to my work. It was a long process to find the right mediums to give me the desired effects, ultimately, alcohol inks were chosen for the transparency and the watercolor for its rich opacity.My process involves alchemy, nature, artistic license, technology, and timing. During COVID lockdown I started documenting my garden. I photograph in my studio in natural light using my iPhone, then create a negative, printed on transparency film. The film is placed under glass, on paper coated with a UV sensitive solution, and set in the sun until it is developed. Dropping the exposed paper in water, watching the magic as the print oxidizes and the positive image appears.This is the fourth year documenting the cycle of seasonal blooms in a uniquely beautiful and sometimes mysterious format. I continue to bring a new perspective to this historic process. As I expand my vision into creating a vintage modern feel ranging in depth of color and compositions using garden flowers.Visual Poetry consists of cyanotype collages that show case my garden flowers and collection of antique vessels. The floral narratives are enhanced by the use of paper backgrounds often printed with unusual materials. The Muses,Mermaids and Nymphs, are sweet small framed cyanotype collages. They consist of direct contact prints from plants in the background and photographic prints in the foreground.My garden is my sanctuary where I go for pleasure, to remember those I love, and to find solace. This show is dedicated to my sister Laura who recently past, but not before seeing her beautiful garden one last time.
Claudia’s website: www.claudiahollister.com
Cyanotype collage 8 x 10 1/2 x 0 2023
Shipping not included in the price. The gallery will contact the buyer via the information provided at checkout. Please email info@JenTough.gallery for questions.
A professional sculptor, porcelain artist and designer, Claudia Hollister previously designed for Reed & Barton Silversmiths, Orrefors Crystal, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Godiva Chocolates. Claudia has shown at the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Museum of Art, The American Craft Museum and Cartier Jewelers. After starting her porcelain studio she was commissioned to create large-scale site-specific installations for children’s hospitals, corporations and hotels. Hollister began teaching encaustic painting at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in 2012 and was instrumental in developing the successful guest artist workshop series. Claudia is known for her encaustic still life paintings focusing on the vessel, as a voluptuous sculptural form. Intrigued with a process for printing in the sun without dangerous chemicals, she started making Cyanotype prints in 2014. Currently Claudia prints spring through fall creating images from her garden as stand alone prints, also incorporating them into grounds for her encaustic work.
Claudia works full-time in her Portland, Oregon studio. She holds a BFA from the University of Oregon.
Artist Statement, Beyond the Blues
Beyond the Blues has stretched my vision of creating cyanotype collages in scale and scope. This is the first time introducing hand tinted colors to my work. It was a long process to find the right mediums to give me the desired effects, ultimately, alcohol inks were chosen for the transparency and the watercolor for its rich opacity.My process involves alchemy, nature, artistic license, technology, and timing. During COVID lockdown I started documenting my garden. I photograph in my studio in natural light using my iPhone, then create a negative, printed on transparency film. The film is placed under glass, on paper coated with a UV sensitive solution, and set in the sun until it is developed. Dropping the exposed paper in water, watching the magic as the print oxidizes and the positive image appears.This is the fourth year documenting the cycle of seasonal blooms in a uniquely beautiful and sometimes mysterious format. I continue to bring a new perspective to this historic process. As I expand my vision into creating a vintage modern feel ranging in depth of color and compositions using garden flowers.Visual Poetry consists of cyanotype collages that show case my garden flowers and collection of antique vessels. The floral narratives are enhanced by the use of paper backgrounds often printed with unusual materials. The Muses,Mermaids and Nymphs, are sweet small framed cyanotype collages. They consist of direct contact prints from plants in the background and photographic prints in the foreground.My garden is my sanctuary where I go for pleasure, to remember those I love, and to find solace. This show is dedicated to my sister Laura who recently past, but not before seeing her beautiful garden one last time.
Claudia’s website: www.claudiahollister.com
