Wilderness Overload

Casey Roberts

"Steady Work (the charm offensive)"
2008
cyanotype drawing w/collage
69" x 60"

Casey Robert's work illustrates a fantastic landscape. It represents nature's subtle way of dealing with the peculiar aspects in the relationship with mankind. A giant glow-in-the-dark heart, or a pile of precious gems tells us that we are loved, just as blood squirting from an oak tree trunk says, all is not well. Inspired by his conversation with the landscape, Casey imagines long monologues where pine forests make him laugh and mountains test his patience.

These paintings are created with a photochemical process known as cyanotype. The cyanotype is a civil war era process that when exposed to sunlight and developed gives a vibrant blue image.

Excerpt from Casey Robert's website