I have an exhibition of gum dichromate prints at The Tin Angel, Medieval Spon Street, Coventry, CV1 3AX. The exhibition will run for three months from today. Here is some information:

‘Shadow is a colour as light is, but less brilliant; light and shadow are only the relation of two tones.’ Paul Cezanne.

Cormac Faulkner’s large gum dichromate prints toy with our perception of light and shadow. The work combines elements of painting, printing and photography. 

These are the first seven prints of an ongoing series. Each print contains two images, one taken with the sun behind the subject and the second taken with the sun behind the camera observing another object’s shadow. The printing process mirrors the subject – using ultra violet light through a negative onto the paper.

The image on each pane is handcrafted, coloured and tinted. Using a process that is unpredictable forces ‘errors’ that distinguish this work from the normally clean photographic print and allow traces of the artist’s physical actions to enhance the image.