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Public Art Public Art – 5 Interior and Exterior Installations 2004 – CATS (CHARLOTTE AUTHORITY OF TRANSPORTATION) Mixed Media two wall pieces approx 26’L by 7; height outdoor $20,000 2002 – NORTH CAROLINA ZOOLOGICAL PARK COMMISSOIN $16,500 Lion’s Pride – Mixed media exterior relief sculpture (6’x15’) North Carolina Zoological Park – Asheboro, NC outdoor 1999 – CHARLOTTE/MECKLENBURG PUBLIC ART COMMISSION $12.000 Disappearing Animals – Mixed media - Holographic Mural (4’x 8’) Endangered animals disappear as the viewer walks along the installation Mecklenburg County Parks & Recreation Department, Charlotte, NC North Carolina Arts Council Percentage for the Arts Program 1998 – CHARLOTTE/MECKLENBURG PUBLIC ART COMMISSION $8.000 Circle Dance – Mixed media – Holographic Mural (4’x8’) Mecklenburg County Public Health Department, Charlotte North Carolina Percentage for the Arts Program 1997 – NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL ART IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS $20,000 Passing the Baton – Holographic Mural (8’x15’) University of North Carolina – Asheville, NC Justice Health/Fitness Center – Asheville, NC North Carolina Arts Council Percentage for the Arts Program My public art is kinetic and viewer-interactive. Visitors walking back and forth in front of the textured surfaces discover ‘holographic’ color shifts. Often this dynamic visual effect creates surprise and excitement, and for children, it becomes a magical experience of exploration and discovery. This interaction often promotes conversation, and ultimately serves to bring people together; building community is my primary goal as an artist creating art for public places. I’ve also created a ‘visual vocabulary’ with my technique, for example, by representing skin colors; I have drawn attention to the important role that ‘perspective’ plays in our culturally diverse cities. Additionally, in an Endangered Animal project, I employed these surfaces to display mankind’s direct connection with this environmental dilemma. For example, as a visitor progresses forward along the wall, each prominently colored animal alters to a color matching the background; the animals in effect blend into it and, seemingly disappear. Conversely, as the viewer reverses his/her forward progression, the animals are restored to their vivid colors; each endangered animal reappears. The dynamics of this piece symbolically draws attention to mankind’s current ‘forward movement,’ and asks for a re-examination of our so called ‘forward progress.’ There are many other applications for my kinetic surfaces to display a ‘visual language’ created to dynamically interact with its specific audience.