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.
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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
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SunTest #7 (Day 10), 2019 — one panel of the previous slide
42 x 33 inches
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)
This print features Day 10 in the life of this painting as it was being exposed to light.
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SunTest #3 (7 Moments), 2020
Lab Sciences Annex, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
83″ h x 19′ 5″ w
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SunTest #32 (Day 1, 1 Hour, & Day 3, 8, 23), 2022
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
37 x 37 inches each panel, edition of 3
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Giant SunTest, 2020
Fox Tower lobby, Portland, OR
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
13′ h x 17′ w
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SunTest #11 (Day 1, 12, 16, 19), 2020
37 x 37 inches each
77 x 77 inches overall
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)
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SunTest #28 (Day 107 & 239), 2022
time-based image capture, archival pigment prints on Sunset Hot Press
17.25 x 23.25 inches each, edition of 15
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SunTests Time-Lapse, 2019
Merck Research Laboratories, South San Francisco, CA
time-lapse video for LED media wall
9′ h x 30′ w
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SunTest #7 (5 Samples), 2019
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
24 inches diameter each panel, edition of 3
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SunTest #31 (Day 7a & Day 14), 2022
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
24 x 24 inches each panel, edition of 3
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SunTest #6 & SunTest #1, 2019
installation at Robischon Gallery, May 2019
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)
left: SunTest #6 (Day 1, 6, 59), 2019
37 x 37 inches each, 117 x 37 overall
right: SunTest #1 (6 Intervals), 2019
31 x 65 inches
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SunTest #6 (Day 13), 2019
37 x 37 inches
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)
This print features Day 13 in the life of this painting as it was being exposed to light.
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SunTest #9 (Day 1, 9, 14, 25), 2020
33 x 42 each, 69 x 87 inches overall
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)
Multiple panel grouping featuring 4 “Days” or moments in the life of the painting.
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SunTest #8 (Day 5, 18, 48), 2019
42 x 33 inches each
time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum, (edition of 3)
I used only my most fugitive, light sensitive colors for this one, so all of the color would fade out eventually. This print shows 3 “Days” or moments along the way.
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SunTest #13 (Chart), 2020
assembled time-based image capture, dye sublimation on aluminum
20 x 16 inches
