September 4th, 2010 by Keith

Three years ago I was fortunate enough to study with installation artist Patrick Dougherty at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. He works with one of my favorite materials, branches and sticks, and I had been drawn to his work through photographs of it in books and magazines. It was a chance to learn about his process and apply it to work of my own.  One of the things that impressed me most was that he carefully chooses sustainable  materials. Everything is cut in places that have become dense with quick growing, renewable materials (usually some type of willow which is very pliable and in abundance ). Although they may stay up for a few years they are temporary works much like ikebana. The pieces he creates have such great movement and remind me of the large scale works done by the late Hiroshi Teshigahara who was the iemoto of the Sogetsu School of ikebana.  While watching Current TV this summer I was thrilled to see this short piece about Patrick and his work.  

Shown below is one of the group projects that were done during the two week workshop I attended at Anderson Ranch.

A personal piece that I created during the workshop.

February 25th, 2010 by Keith

The Vancouver Olympic games not only has athletics, but also art. One such piece is the dramatic Vectorial Vancouver  light display. The best part, it’s controlled by YOU on the internet. Go to the site and make your own light sculpture and have it seen briefly in the night sky over the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. I did two pieces  that were seen in the night sky last night! One of them is pictured below: