Very Small
Craig Keenan has created Very Small especially for Sound and Vision - our first group show of 2022. For the show, each artist has created an artwork in homage to the music that has inspired their work. This piece is available exclusively at Enter Gallery.
In the artwork, Keenan employs his signature cyanotype print style with hypnotic effect, immortalising the lyrics of Beatles track, "Within You Without You'. By pairing rolling clouds and mighty ocean with this poetic sentiment, Keenan's piece is a calming reminder to dance with the natural ebbs and flows of life.
Keenan explains the font chosen: "The type I chose is reminiscent of old school posters or the Ladybird "how things work' books. I think this helps convey the enlightenment one can feel while listening to great music and learning about the universe.'
The piece combines four of the five traditional elements in one piece: earth (via the trees and plants used to make the paper), sunlight (needed to expose cyanotypes), water (needed to Stop and Fix the prints) and gold (an elemental metal).
This cyanotype is hand-printed with gilded type, and is hand-finished with 24ct moon gold leaf. From a limited edition of 10, this piece is signed by the artist.
Size (cm): 100 x 70
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Specifications
Hand Finished: Yes
Medium: Print
Edition Type: Limited Edition
Edition Size: 10
Size (cm): 100 x 70
SKU: EG11663
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About the artist
Craig Keenan is a London-based multidisciplinary printmaker, and teacher of screenprinting, known for his cobalt blue dream worlds, inspired by the natural world.
Keenan’s primary creative output is cyanotypes, a historical method which involves mixing specific chemicals together, applying them to surface, and then exposing that canvas to light to create deep blues reminiscent of the cosmos or the deepest ocean.
The limits of the process, alongside its unpredictable nature are what keeps Keenan engaged in Cyanotyping as his main medium. Speaking of what he likes about the process, he explains: ‘I love the depth and richness of colour that the cyanotype process produces. Also, as a medium it sits somewhere between painting, photography and printmaking, which allows me to combine art and science. I like having constraints within creativity – a blank canvas and infinite possibility can be a daunting prospect, so being tied to a specific colour is actually quite freeing.’
