SKY ARTISTS BOOK A series of solar prints about the clouds above my garden. Solar prints are often used with photographic negatives, but in this case I made the " negatives " by hand, using acrylic paint & charcoal on acetate. The foreground details were mono-printed onto the prints sepparately.

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Weeds and ivy throttle and hide But upward look, the sky is wide, Untouchable, Serene. The planes thunder for half the day But thankfully they go away And quiet expands. From deep cobalt to pale The sky is backdrop to a trail Of Alto Cumulus Then visionary landscapes grow And leaping horses, manes aflow, and ever changing.

Next come cavalier plumes of  Cirrus And huge ethereal winged birds, Drifting, wheeling.

Suddenly a fist is there, Mighty Thor in his realm of air? Preparing his thunder.

The curtain falls with a gleaming frieze Of scarlet and orange through the trees Flooding the eyes.

This empyrean spectacle of air Dwarfs our ivy tangles of care, Gives a moment of calm.