These three paintings were produced at the High ALtitude Research Station Jungfraujoch. Together they form An Atlas of The Sun.
From left to right:
(1) Composition of the Solar Spectrum, is a painting of this diagram (left). It represents data from the first recordings of the solar spectrum which were conducted at the research station in 1950. The painting was made while laying flat, with a couple of quick tilts of the canvas.
(2) Monk, was made outside on the glacier in temperatures below freezing. The surface was first painted with water, building up an eschelon of ice as each one hurridly froze. Over this I layed down the oil colors and left the painting overnight. In the morning the rising sun melted the ice while the temperature was still freezing. The colors, acting as spectra filters might have affected the way in which this occurred.
(3) Virgin, is a painting that attempts to model the effect of light on the high altitude glacial landscape.
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