Cyclum Lunarem

Cyclum Lunarem by kyle parker cunningham

I painted the moons from an entire summer, starting on the summer solstice and completed on the autumnal equinox.

Each moon is painted upon a 3 3/8" square prepared with linen and a traditional gesso ground. 24kt gold leaf was gilded upon this ground and the moon then painted upon this.

Installation size is variable based on shape as well as spacing between the moons.

This piece plays well with atmospheric light due to the gold leaf.

Grid of small square moon paintings on 24-karat gold leaf, displayed on a gray wall beside a tree trunk, with atmospheric light reflecting off the gilded surfaces

Angled view of Cyclum Lunarem installation showing rows of hand-painted lunar phases on gold leaf squares mounted on a gray wall, capturing waxing and waning crescents in silvery gray and black against luminous gold

Cyclum Lunarem arranged in a tall vertical column on a white gallery wall, with rows of small gold-leafed squares depicting the full lunar cycle from new moon crescents to full moons in muted grays

Frontal view of the complete Cyclum Lunarem grid, approximately ninety small linen squares gilded with gold leaf and painted with moon phases in white, gray, and black, arranged in even rows against a pale gray wall