Alysa Cantor Art

07/22/2026

07/08/2026

I have six pieces in this exhibit and will be at the reception - hope to see you there!

07/03/2026

I feel so honored to have six pieces chosen for the Summer in Bloom exhibit at Hummingbird Hall gallery at . (Two others are collage mountainscapes that I'll post separately.) I've passed Red Oak Brewery many times driving out to Boone and never realized it's an oasis full of sculptures, birds, fountains, beautiful gardens and so much art.

I hope you'll join me for the opening reception Friday, July 10 4-8pm. Art will be on view until September 12.

06/19/2026

You can see the similarities in tones and textures in these lumen prints of an eastern redbud and a mayapple. They were both made using vintage Hahnemuhle photo paper, which is gorgeous and a bit iridescent. I don't sell lumen originals because the paper goes through a lot in the process and the lightfastness is iffy. But this paper holds up and shows off the subject beautifully. 😍 I'm working on getting this latest batch of images onto Etsy and will share when it's ready.

06/11/2026

Nocturne for a poison vine 🌒

05/13/2026

There are so many ways to see things. Here is a different way to see buttercups and ivy through lumen printing. Admittedly, ivy doesn't fit the 'ephemeral' theme with its persistence - but the previous owners planted at least three types of ivy and there is poison ivy as well so I've torn it out of the earth (oddly satisfying) and used a lot in artwork.

I love the wildness of nature, and I realize now so much of it is ecology out of balance. (Read about native plants y'all then see these things everywhere). I'll be over here pulling up the ivy, over and over, in the meantime.

05/13/2026

When you develop photographic paper from the 1970s in the sun you get some odd colors but these were darker than I'd seen before. (The background in the first was digitally altered to be more saturated but both were very black/brown.) The first is a flowering vine that I took from a neighbor's mailbox. I plan to leave them a print of this in their mailbox in exchange, but I still feel bad. Don't sign me up for criminal activities. The second is a fern - I was surrounded by these in Boone but this one is from a very deliberate planting from the person who lived here before us. There's something funny to me about seeing them in a mulched bed but at least it's not sad like seeing a huge oak by itself in NYC.

I will have lots of lumen prints with me at my show The Spring Ephemeral this Friday 5/15, 6-9pm at Loose Leaf Gallery above . Snacks, cash bar, art and good people ✨🥂✨ Hope to see you!