SunTests

SunTest #16 (Day 9 & 131), 2021

42 x 33 inches each
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)

The SunTest metal prints document changes in paintings that I make with very fugitive, light sensitive ink, dyes and stains. I expose the paintings to sunlight daily, and digitally scan them over weeks and months as the images evolve and change. Some colors completely vanish, while others remain. Each image or “Day” is like a still frame in a time lapse movie.

The metal prints are made with archival inks and become the final art works—as the original paintings no longer exist except as ghosts or artifacts.

SunTests

recent exhibition

installation at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, May 2021
all are time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)

left: SunTest #16 (Day 9 & 131), 2021
42 x 33 inches each panel

middle: SunTest #11 (Day 1, 12, 16, 19), 2020
37 x 37 inches each panel

right: SunTest #19 (Day 6 & 62), 2021
24 inches diameter each

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SunTest in progress (next slide is the final piece)

I mask off sections of the SunTest paintings before exposing them to light. For this one I created special color formulas – some very light sensitive and others very permanent.

SunTests

SunTest #2 (Day 1, 9, 12, 25), 2019

78 x 98 inches overall
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)

This grouping shows four moments while the painting was being exposed to light (the 1st day, 9th, 12th, and 25th day).

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SunTest #7 (Day 1, 2, 4, 10, 52), 2019

time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
42 x 33 inches each panel, edition of 3