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Happy 2014!

May it be ultra groovy and super swell!

Upcoming exhibits

Conjoined IV

I'm showing a brand new sculpture at the "Conjoined IV" Dimensional Group Art Exhibit curated by Chet Zar at the Copro Gallery, opening Saturday January 18th. Exhibit continues through February 8th.

3D Printer World Expo

I'll also be exhibiting some of my 3D printed sculptures at the 3D Printer World Expo Art Gallery at the Burbank Airport Marriot Hotel and Convention Center, January 31 and Feb 1.

New 3" Sculptures

I made these swell 3" versions of my "Character Studies of Consciousness" Sculpture Series. They are handy little objects to have around as they are infused with an endless supply of cosmic mystery love energy that will free your mind, open your heart and connect you to the infinite. And they look nice too.

Available on my Shapeways store for under $50.

You can order them in these fancy colors too!

Aboxa Holy Vessel, Roger's Irrational Ratios, Mobius Ganesha, Frank's Flowing Self Awareness, Martin's Modicum Of Decorum.

Imagine all your stress melting away and vast joy welling up inside you as you hold this Mobius Ganesha sculpture in the palm of your hand!

Amalgamations

Here's a preview of a new series I'm calling Amalgamations.

Amalgamation is the process of combining multiple entities into one form.

These pieces are amalgamations of form, color, and material properties.

They are also amalgamations of directed random procedural geometric and shading functions, deliberate design and random happenstance, abstraction and photorealism, sculpture and painting.

They are depictions of the things I see when I close my eyes.

They are expressions of my aesthetic ideal.

Apart From Matter

When I close my eyes I see an endless parade of vivid, three dimensional, animated abstract visions. These compelling hypnogogic visualizations and the ideas they inspire are fundamental to my work. I am fascinated with this abstract visual language. It's like the source code for consciousness.

Figment Of Imagination

Rather than beginning with a specific goal or concept, I prefer to experiment, exploring the possibilities of various processes and discovering the work as I go.

For these Amalgamations, I used directed randomness to create a variety of complex implicit surface geometries, which were then advected with my special blend of procedural noise functions. Variations of these noise functions are then used in conjunction with painted images to add color, geometric complexity and physically based material properties. The lighting and rendering are also physically based.

The result is virtual photographs of virtual sculptures of the things I see when I close my eyes.

Mysterium Fascinans

As I explore the space of possibilities in this process, I imagine many different interpretations. Sometimes I feel like I'm uncovering mysterious artifacts from a distant future. Other times I see them as living entities that are direct manifestations of advanced consciousness.

Ultimately these Amalgamations are intended as objects of contemplation to inspire imagination and fascination and provide a doorway from the finite to the infinite.

Hope to see you at the events!

Thanks!