https://siobhanconyngham.com Siobhan Conyngham Sat, 22 May 2021 21:49:38 +0000 https://siobhanconyngham.com en https://siobhanconyngham.com/01-Mountain-cyanotypes Fri, 21 May 2021 12:16:06 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/01-Mountain-cyanotypes 01Mountain Cyanotypes As mountains are the highest point on the earth, they are hugely symbolic and like a punctuation mark to what is here on earth. They are the connection with what is above.&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d32fe3b7c9e8ec0e2752faf3fc1eb1fc222c79c8204ecb125a91b918404e4034/Mountain-by-Siobhan-Conyngham--50-x-50-cm---copy.jpg" data-mid="109125317" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d32fe3b7c9e8ec0e2752faf3fc1eb1fc222c79c8204ecb125a91b918404e4034/Mountain-by-Siobhan-Conyngham--50-x-50-cm---copy.jpg" /> Mountain I cyanotype on watercolour paper&nbsp; 50 x 50 cm <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33a78accf186d7dadd46da46d457a11affcaeeb87cb66fc01c02661877924c13/IMG_6787.jpeg" data-mid="109149558" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/33a78accf186d7dadd46da46d457a11affcaeeb87cb66fc01c02661877924c13/IMG_6787.jpeg" /> Mountain II cyanotype on watercolour paper 25 x 25 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/02-Mountain-nightscapes Fri, 21 May 2021 12:16:06 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/02-Mountain-nightscapes 02Mountain nightscapes The mystery of the night sky above a mountain. <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f43bb1fd085a7224f1009622ced8fc53bc8bebd245da6aa8db311234450c4c8a/Mountain-night-sky-cyanotyope-on-watercolour-paper-.jpeg" data-mid="109125552" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f43bb1fd085a7224f1009622ced8fc53bc8bebd245da6aa8db311234450c4c8a/Mountain-night-sky-cyanotyope-on-watercolour-paper-.jpeg" /> Mountain nightscape I cyanotype on watercolour paper 24 x 24 cm <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b46922028c666b9e4b294584cde4101cd69d33d2fd3ed265e2e07ab2df23250d/Mountian-III-cyanotype-on-watercolour-paper-.jpeg" data-mid="109149622" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b46922028c666b9e4b294584cde4101cd69d33d2fd3ed265e2e07ab2df23250d/Mountian-III-cyanotype-on-watercolour-paper-.jpeg" /> Mountain nightscape II cyanotype on watercolour paper 24 x 19 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/03-Hill-and-tree Fri, 21 May 2021 12:16:06 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/03-Hill-and-tree 03 Hill and tree <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5d9c0983cc5271f5414b4765f9a7963fdf60ef3ebdddd8f6eaffd0a2ae3495de/IMG_6773.jpeg" data-mid="109125987" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5d9c0983cc5271f5414b4765f9a7963fdf60ef3ebdddd8f6eaffd0a2ae3495de/IMG_6773.jpeg" /> Hill and tree, watercolour,&nbsp;pastel and pencil on&nbsp; watercolour paper 10 x 15 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/04-Meadow-small-paintings Fri, 21 May 2021 13:14:57 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/04-Meadow-small-paintings 04 Meadow small paintings&nbsp; There is a beauty to be found in the lime green shoots of spring, the sun dried and bleached flower heads of the autumn, and even in the wintry decaying leaves at the side of a lane. The patterns of nature, movement and 
the continually fluctuating&nbsp; elements all play a role in the work. &nbsp; <img width="2179" height="2166" width_o="2179" height_o="2166" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5081e410a6d498c2c4a081d61fded5af32fc33434bd3da2ca32d22e56d34c17/Low-sky--study-by-Siobhan-Conyngham--oils-on-panel--15-x-15-cms-copy.jpeg" data-mid="109126185" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5081e410a6d498c2c4a081d61fded5af32fc33434bd3da2ca32d22e56d34c17/Low-sky--study-by-Siobhan-Conyngham--oils-on-panel--15-x-15-cms-copy.jpeg" /> Low sky study,&nbsp;oils on panel15 x 15 cm <img width="2269" height="2257" width_o="2269" height_o="2257" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31831e5a013a85c2e60ad7be9821d67c7af6579b6667e596a0921c08dc39d848/Golden-grasses--study-by-Siobhan-Conhyngham-oils-on-panel--15-x-15-cms.jpg" data-mid="109126220" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31831e5a013a85c2e60ad7be9821d67c7af6579b6667e596a0921c08dc39d848/Golden-grasses--study-by-Siobhan-Conhyngham-oils-on-panel--15-x-15-cms.jpg" /> Golden grasses study oils on panel 15 x 15 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/05-Meadow-large-paintings Fri, 21 May 2021 13:38:13 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/05-Meadow-large-paintings 05 Meadow large paintings&nbsp; As many&nbsp;materials as possible were used in these meadow paintings, including raw pigments, ground local stones and earth and charcoal made here. <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59f913477d40f3de86916b6af09bcc57bc5cf2cf347dd7a898659018974e5d70/Listening-to-the-language-of-plants-100-x-100-cm-oils-on-cotton-canvas-copy.jpg" data-mid="109126944" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59f913477d40f3de86916b6af09bcc57bc5cf2cf347dd7a898659018974e5d70/Listening-to-the-language-of-plants-100-x-100-cm-oils-on-cotton-canvas-copy.jpg" /> Listening to the language of plants mixed media on cotton canvas 100 x 100 cm&nbsp;<img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c95193940c00410f3b30d3e91b2f3d73cdc26aa26861804af78e7f1abff2f230/28F8AB20-DB34-4446-BE2D-DDDC3CEA1B1B.jpeg" data-mid="109126945" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c95193940c00410f3b30d3e91b2f3d73cdc26aa26861804af78e7f1abff2f230/28F8AB20-DB34-4446-BE2D-DDDC3CEA1B1B.jpeg" /> Whispering grasses mixed media on cotton canvas 100 x 100 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/06-Meadow-cyanotypes Fri, 21 May 2021 14:05:53 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/06-Meadow-cyanotypes 06 Meadow cyanotypes “The earth with many garlands is embroidered”&nbsp;SAPPHO “Constantly painting and drawing the grasses and flowers in the ever changing meadow outside the studio window necessarily led to a studying of the connected themes starting with the cycle of nature, paradoxical in its beauty and cruelty. An essay by Thomas McEvilley about the work of Anselm Keifer describes the pathos of the passing flower, as personified by Persephone being carried away by Hades, but doesn’t forget that there will be new life the following year.&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/695d438fd6a4700d17c14b5b2a56b23310c304aa947ebbbec3f7c6270dfc899f/Meadow-copy.jpg" data-mid="109129297" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/695d438fd6a4700d17c14b5b2a56b23310c304aa947ebbbec3f7c6270dfc899f/Meadow-copy.jpg" /> Meadow I cyanotype on watercolour paper 50 x 50 cm <img width="2567" height="2249" width_o="2567" height_o="2249" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3c04d010678611fad726a59a4eaebb3c5c190741625d579fb848da89f853eb5d/Tears-for-Persephone--cyanotype--28-x-25-cms--framed-size-48-X-43-CMS.jpg" data-mid="109129321" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3c04d010678611fad726a59a4eaebb3c5c190741625d579fb848da89f853eb5d/Tears-for-Persephone--cyanotype--28-x-25-cms--framed-size-48-X-43-CMS.jpg" /> Tears for Persephone cyanotype on watercolour paper 28 x 25 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/07-Meadow-photographs Sat, 22 May 2021 21:49:38 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/07-Meadow-photographs 07 Meadow photographs&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="3024" width_o="3024" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9d8e360a21719659b17056f0a44755570a73d7e833ad1e3a8ad00fc0aa13f6e/136CD70C-4D02-4259-A7CC-5C65F4EEC05C.JPG" data-mid="109226589" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9d8e360a21719659b17056f0a44755570a73d7e833ad1e3a8ad00fc0aa13f6e/136CD70C-4D02-4259-A7CC-5C65F4EEC05C.JPG" /> Plant print on cardboard photograph <img width="2448" height="2448" width_o="2448" height_o="2448" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ba038556c7095061e68db40c90aed5fd607b6e4b8a8bdcdd80d81e99f841d04e/IMG_3204.JPG" data-mid="109226638" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ba038556c7095061e68db40c90aed5fd607b6e4b8a8bdcdd80d81e99f841d04e/IMG_3204.JPG" /> Meadow grasses photograph https://siobhanconyngham.com/08-Cosmos-cyanotype Fri, 21 May 2021 14:10:54 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/08-Cosmos-cyanotype 08 Cosmos cyanotype Using soil in these produced photograms which looked like clouds and galaxies, and led to a series following a more ethereal, up above, 'things out of our reach' &nbsp;air and spirit theme bringing mythological links into play, the cosmos series. <img width="3062" height="3024" width_o="3062" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d498d79b06a2fbd838a7f97772b8a890e25ad2e15d1672d41cc1db2c0a830f22/Cosmos-I-cyanotype-on-watercolour-paper.jpg" data-mid="109130004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d498d79b06a2fbd838a7f97772b8a890e25ad2e15d1672d41cc1db2c0a830f22/Cosmos-I-cyanotype-on-watercolour-paper.jpg" /> Cosmos I cyanotype on watercolour paper 50 x 70 cm&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; https://siobhanconyngham.com/09-Cosmos-and-sky-cyanotype Fri, 21 May 2021 14:34:23 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/09-Cosmos-and-sky-cyanotype 09 Cosmos and sky cyanotypes &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1665" height="1172" width_o="1665" height_o="1172" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff7d4eebab8ab5efb1ff4b5858d8b0155568dc11fc18599a60d852a8f864c16a/IMG_3965.jpeg" data-mid="109131858" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff7d4eebab8ab5efb1ff4b5858d8b0155568dc11fc18599a60d852a8f864c16a/IMG_3965.jpeg" /> Skyscape cyanotype on watercolour paper 50 x 70 cm https://siobhanconyngham.com/10-Calm-cyanotypes Fri, 21 May 2021 14:36:51 +0000 Siobhan Conyngham https://siobhanconyngham.com/10-Calm-cyanotypes 10 &nbsp;Calm cyanotypes “ A recurring&nbsp; theme in my work is that of the cycle of nature and the ever changing landscape around us. Part of that landscape ‘ where the earth meets the sky ’ can be seen as the edge of each individual’s world at any moment in time, an edge in constant metamorphosis, an edge that in ancient Mesopotamia was thought to be the edge of a flat earth, an edge formed according to Greek mythology out of ‘chaos’, a necessary edge for our existence. “ <img width="5472" height="1867" width_o="5472" height_o="1867" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bdf1565976b12774bc19398e2d75a379b538ccffdb06d8a58b986a3900015d14/ConynghamPR-36.jpg" data-mid="109132211" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bdf1565976b12774bc19398e2d75a379b538ccffdb06d8a58b986a3900015d14/ConynghamPR-36.jpg" /> Where the earth meets the sky I II and III cyanotype on watercolour paper 15 x 15 cm