"Agamograph: Then & Now" Melissa Lashbrook

"Agamograph: Then & Now" Melissa LashbrookMelissa Lashbrook, Cabot, AR Agamograph: Then & Now, 2025 Cyanotype, watercolor, acrylic, and fabric 25. 5 x 37 Agamograph: Then & Now explores the shared space between past and present, nature and development. Using cyanotype, watercolor, and fabric, I layer native plant life with the imprints of human expansiontwo shifting images that emerge and recede as the viewer moves. This visual transition reflects how landscapes are not lost but transformed,

Pennsylvania in 1945

a Swedish artist and fellow Kansan

was a prolific early twentieth-century artist active in Arkansas and Illinois and throughout the Ozarks region

" "Judgement Day

‘rooted’ to mineral rock

The concept of "Our Common Ground" is central to my exploration of how we negotiate our relationship with the natural world and the stories we inherit

but a shared grace

The theme was Decomposition/Recomposition

the body of work embodies identities that are not fixed

Do they see the risky fashion choice

and symbol

as a part of the Twenty-third Annual Festival of the Arts