Mornings with Moxie

Mornings with Moxie

8x10 cyanotype photogram

An 8x10 cyanotype captures Moxie, a patient dog, perched on a weathered dock overlooking a quiet Adirondack lake; the deep Prussian-blue tones render the scene in high-contrast simplicity, where Moxie’s silhouette and attentive posture read like a study in quiet anticipation. A canoe, tethered to the dock, adds a graphic counterpoint—its curved hull and rope echoed in the composition’s negative space—while distant trees and ripples dissolve into soft cyan gradients. Printed on archival paper with archival ink, the piece balances delicate botanical textures from the dock’s planks and the dog’s fur with the cyanotype process’s characteristic ethereal edges, creating a lasting, tactile object that feels both intimate and timeless.