Black Light Art
This series of UV-reactive abstract acrylic paintings is informed by dark-field microscopy imagery of Borrelia burgdorferi. Translating microbial structures into layered abstract compositions, the works operate between scientific reference and perceptual transformation.
Under UV light, the paintings shift into a second visual state—glowing, reconfiguring, and revealing hidden chromatic structures that remain dormant in normal light. This dual condition creates works that exist in fluctuation, where perception is split between surface appearance and latent internal activity.
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Bargaining (seen in UV - close up)
Broken (seen in UV - close up)
Denial (seen in UV - close up)
Rising Phoenix - 20" x 20"
Cold Burning - 36" x 36"
Burning - 30" x 30"
Cocktail
Fogged Up - 20" x 20"
Heart - 20" x 20"
Her - 14" x 14"
Him - 14" x 14"
Acceptance - 48" x 48" x 2"
Acceptance (seen in UV light) - 48" x 48"
Anger - 48" x 24" x 1"
Anger (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Bargaining - 48" x 24" x 1"
Bargaining (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Blue Days - 48" x 24" x 1"
Blue Days (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Breach - 48" x 24" x 1"
Breach (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Breakout - 48" x 48" x 2"
Breakout (seen in UV light) - 48" x 48" x 2"
Broken - 48" x 24" x 1"
Broken (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Colony - 48" x 48" x 2"
Colony (seen in UV light) - 48" x 48" x 2"
Denial - 48" x 24" x 1"
Denial (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Depression - 48" x 24" x 1"
Depression (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Infiltration - 48" x 48" x 2"
Infiltration (seen in UV light) - 48" x 48" x 2"
Lost Signal - 48" x 24" x 1"
Lost Signal (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 1"
Masquerade 1 - 48" x 24" x 2"
Masquerade 1 (seen in UV light) - 48" x 24" x 2"
Masquerade 2 - 48" x 48" x 2"
Masquerade 2 (seen in UV light) - 48"x 24" x 2"
Proliferation - 48" x 48" x 2"
Proliferation (seen in UV light) - 48" x 48" x 2"
Resilience - 48" x 48" x 2"
Resilience (seen in UV light) - 48" x 48" x 2"
