Curtis Phagoo, Goldsmith Cyanotype on Cotton, 2019 Robin Byrnes  

By rdnewsNOW staff

LOCAL ARTIST FEATURED

Kiwanis Gallery presents “Artist Proof: Cyanotypes by Robin Byrnes”

Oct 8, 2019 | 6:26 AM

RED DEER- Robin Byrnes’s upcoming exhibit is a marriage of her fascination with a historical photographic process and her admiration for Central Alberta artists.

As a visual artist, Robin has been involved with the local visual arts community and she is a fan of many local performing artists. It led her to realize how deep the pool of artistic talent is in Central Alberta, and drew her to make local artists the subject of her own artistic experiments with cyanotype.

Robin began playing with cyanotype photography four years ago and has learned to process the Prussian blue images onto paper and fabric.

Photographing the images led her to meet even more local artists and to see the diversity of their own talents.

This exhibit is the culmination of those exploratory works and the wonderful people she has discovered in her own community.

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Robin adds:

“I have met and become friends with an interesting, talented and generous group of artists. All the while learning how well the cyanotype process is suited to portraiture in my style. When I ask permission to take their pictures and transform their images into something new for public viewing, I am amazed at how willing, interested and supportive people are.”

A presentation of the Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library, the exhibit runs from October 16 to November 17 in the Kiwanis Gallery.

First Friday Opening: November 1 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Robin Byrnes will be in attendance.