LIGHT PAINTINGS
Color Changing Luminous Artwork
Light paintings use color illumination to explore color-change in a painterly context.
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Aurora 2012
Seeds 2011 Teacher 2011
Second Sight 2010 Nightshade 2010 Water Planet 2011
Blue-Eyed Dragon 2005 4:23 PM 2005
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Archive Images:
Bateau des Reves Stares Half Cross
Meander
Fado
Elusive
Fortune
Checker
Mountain Laurel
Centaur
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My light paintings are made with LED lamps, giving them durability that has never before existed for light-art. Most LEDs are rated with a life span of 100,000 hrs. At this rate a light painting operated for 20 hours a week could last 100 years. Because the lights are pulsed for dimming, each LED is on for only a fraction of the time the light painting is on, further extending its life. For the first time in history, art made with artificial light can represent a long-term artistic investment.
Notes from descriptions:
* iColor Cove lights are made by ColorKinetics (http://www.colorkinetics.com/ls/rgb/cove_ql/). The model I used is no longer sold. Each unit is one foot long with 45 LEDs (15 each of red, green, and blue) and a programmable chip to control its color sequence.
** The Quad-B circuit was designed by Peter Blasser. It is an analog automatic dimming circuit that can be configured to produce a range of fade-on/fade-off patterns. It is modified and built by the artist, providing a flexible range of kinetic color behaviors.
Five year Guarantee: These pieces, despite the incredible durability of LEDs, are subject to technological breakdown. If I am in the locality of a work that has failed, I will make repairs, charging only for damage that is not a result of the original design and materials. If the piece is not local, charges for travel or shipping may be required.