Abstract Mini Portrait #17, 4.5 × 4.5 inches, 2026. Cyanotype, soft pastel, upcycled leather scraps, oil pigment sticks, on Stonehenge paper
Abstract Mini Portraits
An exploration of the relationship between cyanotype printing and soft pastels
By Josie Love Roebuck
The longing for a tactile experience
Something as simple as a
Dance
A gesture
or
Even an expressive mark
A tool that dances between a
A fleeting moment
or
being stitched into
permanence
They are said to be
polar opposites
but yet
they both yield the uniqueness
of drawing
Gesturing together both
fragility and resilience
and
stitching together a vibrant
Story
Abstract Mini Portrait #7, 4 x 6 inches, 2026. Cyanotype, soft pastel, upcycled leather scraps, oil pigment sticks, on Stonehenge paper
Abstract Mini Portrait #3, 4 x 6 inches, 2026. Cyanotype, soft pastel, upcycled leather scraps, oil pigment sticks, on Stonehenge paper