Category Archives: Installation work

Earth Day bottles IV

Posted on March 17, 2008 by pearce

Today was the first day of Spring break, so what better way of spending it than preparing hundreds of bottles for the Earth Day installation project?    CLU students Megan and Sheena peel labels from the bottles. I don’t want … Continue reading →

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Earth Day bottles III

Posted on March 14, 2008 by pearce

Bottle collection is going well. Monday we’ll start preparing these for use in the installation and to see how many we have. I want to remove the labels, put the ash and gravel in the bottles, then tie string around … Continue reading →

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Earth day bottles II

Posted on February 27, 2008 by pearce

I’ve been thinking about the earth day project. In the past I’ve made a labyrinth pathway of stones, and one cut into the turf. Wouldn’t it be great to eventually make four labyrinths, one made of each element, air, earth, fire … Continue reading →

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Swimming paintings

Posted on February 27, 2008 by pearce

Jean Amador has asked me to show my “A Girl Swimming” and “Two Girls Swimming” oil paintings in her exhibit opening March 15th at the High Studio. They’ll look good in there. Come to the opening reception, won’t you?  “A Girl … Continue reading →

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Silence

Posted on February 25, 2008 by pearce

 Where’s Beuys? 

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Earth Day bottles

Posted on February 21, 2008 by pearce

I’ve put an upside down table outside the gallery at CLU ready to receive empty water bottles. I hope our students will help me collect enough of them to do the installation. 534 to go! HELP! I guess that a … Continue reading →

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Potential sites for Earth Day installation

Posted on February 14, 2008 by pearce

       There are some interesting choices at the mall. I particularly like the oak tree idea, as it ties in to the reading I’ve been doing on alchemy. Alternatively I have been imagining a teardrop made of the bottles suspended … Continue reading →

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Earth Day Installation

Posted on February 13, 2008 by pearce

I’ve been asked to create an installation for the Simi Valley Town Centre to celebrate Earth Day. Each year an average family will use as much as 836 bottles of water. Most of those bottles end up as land fill. … Continue reading →

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New paintings

Posted on February 5, 2008 by pearce

  Oil Paintings and Constructs. February 5th – March 4th 2008  The High Studio, Moorpark       I have four paintings at the High gallery, two that have been in recent shows and two that I have never shown before. Frank … Continue reading →

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Mediated Objects Here, Chained and Melting

Posted on February 1, 2008 by pearce

Mediated Objects Here, Chained and Melting Wax enchained and breathing. The organic material shrinks from the metal. Heated wax cools and retreats. Wilted violet, not much good for medicine. I repeatedly dipped a violet in beeswax, wondering if it would … Continue reading →

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