Colorado Alpine Flower One childhood When an apple is sliced

When an apple is sliced in half

The pink and purple colors flash by as I bike by the blooming hydrangea bushes

and I love discovering new species on my hikes and clipping favorites to produce vibrant blue sunprints

We would view them through a high-power spotting scope (similar to binoculars but with only one lens)

36” x 36” on cradled birch panel

Colorado Alpine Flower One childhood When an apple is slicedCyanotype on watercolor paper 10 x 8 on paper, surrounded with white 14 x 11 acid free mat board. Alpine Flower One is an original cyanotype on archival watercolor paper. These hardy perennials grow in my Colorado high alpine garden. I love them both for their cone shaped flowers that turn into hundreds of little seeds at the season's end. The deer hate them, so they don't eat them either, another plus Cyanotypes are one of photographys oldest