Madge Evers
Burns Blue by Madge Evers, Image 1.
The foundation of this work on paper is a botanical cyanotype photogram. Over the cyanotype, I add gesso and, in collaboration with fungi, the bioluminescent spores of the Jack O'Lantern mushroom (Omphalotus illudens). The image depicts native New England ferns (Paratherlypteris simulata) and the opportunistic Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) and Gooseneck Loosestrife (Lysimachia clethroides), plants that alter flora and ecosystems not with malice, but to seek the light.