Antonia Bruce "Heartland" at Art Jericho, Oxford, United Kingdom

13th May 2015

Surrounding the growing of corn, are the many rituals, offerings, music and dance that have evolved since man first cultivated crops. Antonia’s cyanotypes capture the corn cobs that tower above the farmers, moving like dancers, in the spirit of freedom.  Laid against heavy duty watercolour paper which she paints with a solution of iron compounds, the silhouettes of her subjects are developed in daylight, creating exquisite shadows on blue.