My piece 'Cyanotype' 2024 moves to it's new home at Acland Burghley School
To celebrate my painting, Cyanotype, being installed at its new home in the reception of Acland Burghley School in North London, I have written a short text about the origins of the work and what it means to me. Photos of the painting in situ can be found on my Studio Practice blog: https://www.tumblr.com/louisloveless/796764168946696192/photos-of-my-painting-cyanotype-installed-in-the Cyanotype, 2024 Oil on canvas I had the idea to make this piece many years before I put brush to canvas. The initial intention was to create a painting that resembled a cyanotype, a form of photographic print originally used for blueprints. I have long been interested in the relationship between painting and photography, and the conceptual nature of making work that features characteristics of both. When I imagined what such a painting would look like, the image in my mind's eye was of a modernist building with a long, concrete ramp. I don’t know exactly why that was, but after a few years of the id...
