Artistic Statement
My work since 1980 has focused on the art of creating the commission as an interactive and separate art form. It is clear to me, the many positive and educational effects art can bring to the people involved with its creation. For every commissioned and/ or public art work I’ve executed, there has been thorough research done on how it could most interact with it’s future viewers, the architecture developed for the building, the style of the interior design, and the philosophy of it’s owners. I enjoy the challenge of creating a "solution" for each site or situation. I consider myself to be a public artist. This became a field of art long after I began being one. I usually invent ahead of what's currently appropriate in the art world. In 1991 I began designing for Centrak Laser Corporation. At that time, I had begun aerial flying sculptures made of heat stretched nylon, lit with theatrical lighting. When the laser artist saw these, he ran a small laser across them and this began an interesting collaboration. The mix of technology and art seems natural to the mix of art with light. Since then we've designed many switching and dimming systems and combined these with mechanical dynamics. Movement adds a great deal to a work of art, as does changes from night to day, and dimming and mixing various colors. Inter-active abilities also may then come into play, and the addition of sound. Most of all for me, it is the environmental quality allowed by being able to affect the entire scene. My research also frequently involves the viewer or client. I want to know what their interests and lives are about. I find various ways to incorporate their input into the work. This makes it theirs and adds to their appreciation, and for me is part of the inter-active nature of the work. The mix of different, often incompatible, media is also a part of this as well as the use of many angles of view and currently of time. I pursue my art in several series. My light and technology work speaks to the beauty I see on the planet and with the inter-activity of humans. I believe we are coming together in the art of making a difference for each other and that the future will bring an increase in the positive development in studying and being human as well as the technological breakthroughs we are currently seeing. Another series is about what's wrong out there and other works speak to observations especially of travels to other cultures and vistas. My philosophy for my art and the world is to create joy, sharing, abundance, light, and knowledge on the planet…