Abstraction is the purist form of aesthetic expression. It strips away the personal and cultural bias that is present in the representational. This allows the artist and the viewer to observe and assess the aesthetic qualities unencumbered by extraneous information.
The goal of all of the work is to use non-subjective visual experiences to invoke a pleasurable emotional reaction to those who look at them.
All the works combine three major aspects of the visual world, physical surface, texture and pattern and color in a sympathetic way, where they interact to enhance the interest, the unity and the clarity of the overall experience.
For over 40 years I’ve been teaching in the areas of two- and three-dimensional aesthetics. Those classes and two subsequent books dealt with recognizing the major visual features and ways for analyzing and adjusting groups of them toward a more pleasing experience.
During my time teaching I was carrying out research focusing on the basic visual cues that humans recognize and methods for assessing and adjusting groups of them toward a higher degree of beauty. Those cues are three-dimensional line, plane and volumes defined by those two attributes and color, physical and visual line, shape, texture, pattern and gloss seen on surfaces.
Relax
39 x 17 x 24 Inches High
Price $6000
Delemma
44 x 22 x 19 Inches High
Price $6000
String
37 x 26 x 26 Inches High
Price $5000
Over The Top
26 x 39 x 31 Inches High
Price $5000
Two Paths
28 x 22 x 37 Inches High
Price $4500
Mind's Bubbles
26 x 19 x 34 High
Price $3000
Choices Are Hard!
32 x 16 x 40 High
Price $3000
Interference
46 x 36 x 31 inches high
Designed From A Single Bent Shape.
Price $2000
I Can't Decide
47 x 27 x 37 inches high
Price $2500
Designed From A Single Bent Shape.
Who's Perspective?
40 x 36 x 28 inches high
Designed From A Single Bent Shape.
Price $1500
Designed From A Single Bent Shape.
Coming Through
46 x 26 x 34 inches high
Price $2000
Designed From A Single Bent Shape.
Slanted Ideas
50 x 30 x 32 inches high
Price $1500
Designed From A Single Bent Shape.
Bending To A Will
32 x 18 x 24 inches high
Price $1000
Four Curved Planes Sept 23 2020
The four pieces below explore the visual aesthetics of different colors and different representations of visual and physical textures and patterns on the same shaped and curved surfaces.
Variations on a theme
48 x 6 x 17 inches high (Each)
