Exhibitions of Eleanor Vinke Sweeney's artwork have included a recent exhibit at the Southern Vermont Art Center, in Manchester, from December 1, 2004, through January 9, with an opening reception on December 4.
Eleanor explains her techniques as follows:
For the last several years, I have been experimenting with various types of alternative photography, such as cyanotype, Liquid Light and especially Polaroid transfer. This is the process of separating an underdeveloped Polaroid peel-apart print and pressing the negative onto a receptor sheet, such as watercolor paper or fabric, to transfer the print dyes into the surface. I use a number of cameras to create the 35mm slides she works from, including an $18 Holga camera that has mysterious light leaks and produces unexpected effects. Sometimes I use multiple images, which seem to reflect the passage of time and the endless ways of looking at or thinking about something.
As you can tell from the pictures I have also been doing some traveling recently. I'm busy with a cooperative gallery in Saranac Lake. Now I have three grandchildren, two boys and a happy little girl recently adopted in China. Eleanor Vinke Sweeney
Here are two of her images. A collection of seven appears in Classmates' Art.
