Sunspot Drawings
(2022 - present)
After a year of technical and material research, in the fall of 2022 I started work on a new and ongoing series of gouache and pencil drawings of sunspots by directly observing the sun’s surface through a telescope in my garden in South Orange, New Jersey.
Each drawing is annotated with supplementary texts and illustrations. What subject matter? Anything under the sun. Images of additional Sunspot Drawings from the past two years are coming soon.
Read my comprehensive working notes about this series here.
Exhibition view in Stargazer: Michael Brennan & Matthew Deleget, Portal 5, New York, NY, 2025 (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Exhibition view in Stargazer: Michael Brennan & Matthew Deleget, Portal 5, New York, NY, 2025 (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Exhibition view in Stargazer: Michael Brennan & Matthew Deleget, Portal 5, New York, NY, 2025 (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Exhibition view in Stargazer: Michael Brennan & Matthew Deleget, Portal 5, New York, NY, 2025 (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Exhibition view in Stargazer: Michael Brennan & Matthew Deleget, Portal 5, New York, NY, 2025 (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Exhibition view in Stargazer: Michael Brennan & Matthew Deleget, Portal 5, New York, NY, 2025 (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - Vernal Equinox, Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:53am, 2024, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023, 2:13pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - Fall Back, Sunday, November 5, 2023, 4:47pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - Jupiter in Opposition, Friday, November 3, 2023, 1:02pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - The Sun's Not Yellow…, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, 4:26pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - Uranus, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 2:19pm, 2024, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - Sidereus Nuncias, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, 2:10pm, 2024, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches unframed, 18 x 14 inches framed (Photo: Bill Sullivan)
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:00pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches, 18 x 14 inches framed
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - MLK Day, Monday, January 16, 2023, 1:45pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - New Year's Day, Sunday, January 1, 2023, 1:40pm, 2023, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Wednesday, December 14, 2022, 12:48pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots - For John of Worcester, Thursday, December 8, 2022, 2:25, pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Saturday, November 26, 2022, 12:31pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Saturday, November 26, 2022, 12:02pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 12:47pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, 12:38pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm
Matthew Deleget, Sunspots, Wednesday, November 16, 2022, 1:58pm, 2022, Gouache and graphite on cold press watercolor paper, 15 x 11 inches / 38 x 28 cm