Zen Blues & Visual Ponderings: Mixed Media Cyantypes by Colleen Steenhagen
@ Blue Moon Gallery
18620 Belvidere Rd Grayslake IL 60030
Opening Saturday, August 27th, from 6PM - 9PM
On view through Sunday, October 9th
“This current collection of mixed media art is mostly built upon cyanotypes created from found materials and negatives. As a mixed media artist I have been excited to work with the cyanotypes as the initial layer in a multi-stepped experience of discovery. Each piece develops on its own as I am intuitively guided to combine imagery, pencil, pastels, paint, fabric, stitch, and wax, etc.
The creative process for me is a collaboration with Spirit. Bit by bit I am called to crop, rotate, outline, add color or texture to build up a piece. In the beginning I have no clear vision or idea in mind for the final image, but in the end the pieces come to life with a visual story open to interpretation by the viewer. I am hopeful that, as with me, this work may elicit an emotion or stir up a vague memory or two of places or moments inspired by mystery and knowing.”
Colleen is a world traveler and calls Kenosha WI her homebase. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin–Parkside in Interdisciplinary Arts: Sculpture, Photography, and Printmaking.
Opening Reception
August 27
6-9pm
Art, Live Music, Food Truck
18620 Belvidere Road | Grayslake
On IL Rt 120 a few miles west of I-94
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