Art
This art is inspired by a range of influences. Op Art, optical illusions in general, texture, color, are all part of my exploration into creativity and self expression.
The 3D art is created by machining down into the material at different angles and using different patterns. Layered plywood reveals something unique with each piece. Machining into a neutral material like MDF allows the addition of color without the influence of grain or natural layers.
Painting on an translucent material like frosted acrylic allows for the color, hues, and luminescence of the painting to change throughout the day or source of light. Machining through the paint into the acrylic gives a stain glass style look.
A machined 3D piece of MDF that was sanded, primed, and finished with four different colors. Each color was sprayed in one direction to catch tone of the four facets of the 3D pyramids.
A 3ft by 4ft carved Baltic Birch piece. This pattern creates and very eye catching undulation in the wood.
Painted on 2 sided frosted acrylic, this is the same painting. The left is with the sun behind the painting and the right the sun behind the camera.
Painted on 2 sided frosted acrylic, this is the same painting. The left is with the sun behind the painting and the right the sun behind the camera.
Baltic birch machined with a v-groove tool using an abstract pattern then the individual islands were painted using oil paints. This was the first large that I painted with oil paint and was a wonderful learning experience and full of mistakes.
I made four of these for my nieces. This was painted on frosted acrylic and then machined with a v-groove tool to create clean crisp lines.
Four identical patterns raised and machined on the same piece. This simple design follows the theme of less is more.
My proof of concept for painting on frosted acrylic. Roy G. Biv is a play on a single LED pixel. This is mounted on opaque acrylic spanning across a southern facing window to take advantage of the changing light.
This is the same pattern machine in two different ways. The left is machined with a v-groove tool and the right is machined using a ball nose tool. The two different machining techniques creates dramatically different results even at the same size.
A lesson in shadows. Machined MDF, sanded and finished with high quality lacquer. The different levels of 3D machining combined with the lacquer create amazing shadows in the changing light.