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Catskill Prairie

Caitlin Parker
  • $85.00

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Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

Add Custom Frame

SHIPPING FOR FRAMES ONLY AVAILABLE WITHIN U.S.

My work examines the process of reclamation and its expression in physical and psychological transformations. I’m drawn to narratives addressing the environment and memory. I use plants, homemade dyes, biodegradable and recycled fabrics, locally sourced and naturally dyed wool and thread. Gathering and pressing native plants to then use as forms to print on fabric has become a central part of my painting practice. I create a variety of textiles—naturally dyed, cyanotypes, and plant stamped—as collage elements for large paintings.

The photochemical process of cyanotype was developed in the early 1840’s. It was originally used for the reproduction of drawings (blueprints) or natural objects. Following in that tradition, I wanted to combine the essence of scientific examination with the themes that drive my work as a whole. My cyanotype studies are about the perception of an idealized nature more than an accurate portrayal of a particular specimen. The cyanotype “Catskill Prairie” was created from pressed plants gathered on a friend’s land in the Hudson Valley. Prairies do not occur naturally in upstate NY; it is a transplanted midwestern dream growing on four acres where it shouldn’t be. As someone who once tried to grow California native plants from my childhood in a cold New York sunroom, I can relate to this kind of nostalgic re-creation. The composition invokes how it feels to sit in the prairie and look out through the grasses, cone-flower, bee-balm, queen-anne’s lace, and goldenrod.

"Through layering and exquisite composition, what Catskill Prairie does so well is capture a brief–and imagined–moment in time, when yarrow and bee balm are in bloom, when fescue and coneflower abound. Caitlin gathered the plants for this piece from her friend’s land in upstate New York, a nostalgic recreation of the midwestern prairies (which do not occur naturally in upstate NY) of her friend’s childhood. Looking at Catskill Prairie, you get the sense that you’re seeing something delicate, fleeting; indeed, the fading, tall fescue stalk in the rear suggests that this moment and landscape will soon vanish, will soon be replaced with new flora, a new season" ... Read more from Jen Hewett on the blog! 

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Museo Portfolio Rag

Edition Structure:
8"x8" | edition of 10
11"x11" | edition of 200
16"x16" | edition of 50
24"x24" | edition of 10
30"x30" | edition of 2

Artist - Caitlin Parker

Caitlin Parker

Caitlin Parker is a multidisciplinary artist and curator. Since receiving her BA from the Slade School of Fine Art, London and her MFA in painting from Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College, Parker has exhibited her work in New York, California, Nevada, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy. She has had solo shows at Wave Hill, Bronx, NY; Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NYC; and Rhodes and Mann Gallery, London. She has been the recipient of the Rodney Burn Prize, Bard College MFA fellowship, and Jerome Foundation Travel and Study Grant, which took her to conduct research and photograph Ukraine’s Chernobyl site. She was recently in residency at the studios at MASS MoCA. She grew up in Northern California and currently lives and works in Los Angeles.

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