Commissioned by the non-profit Cultural Transit, Water Bubbles was a light installation in twenty windows of the White Tower, a 98-foot Constructivist landmark in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The piece referenced the tower’s original function as a water source, using circles and rectangles of light to unite its unique window shapes.

The installation delighted passersby with its color and transparency while engaging art enthusiasts through its Constructivist vocabulary, merging painting, architecture, and new technology. In doing so, it celebrated Russia’s cultural heritage and the tower’s place in the history of modernism.

“Tri-Quadular Cone”’s four sides are each faced with a different color of reflective road sign material. By day, the shape, color and reflective nature of the sheeting are seen. At night, hidden colored light beamed onto the sheeting creates an entirely different, multi-hued glowing artwork. 

Reflective sheeting, LEDs, steel
108” H x 23” W x 23” D
2007/2015
Shown here in the courtyard at City Hall in Summit, NJ.

“Day by Day” was a collaboration with choreographer Danielle Diniz in the non-profit Norte Maar’s CounterPointe11, an annual performance pairing seven artists with seven contemporary ballet choreographers. Danielle Diniz created a beautiful ballet with five dancers, set to Philip Glass’s Piano Concerto No. 1, “Tirol”: Movement III, performed by the LGT Young Soloists, recorded in 2021.

I created a set consisting of three sections faced with reflective road sign material and backlit by blue LEDs. The left section was a high panel, the middle was a doorway, and the right was a bench, giving the choreographer many ways to place the dancers.

The artwork stretched to almost 17 feet,; the left section was a high panel, the middle was a doorway, and the right was a bench, giving the choreographer many ways to place the dancers.

LEDs, reflective sheeting, foam core, aluminum wall studs, casters
Left section: 56”H  x 34inW Doorway:  84.5inH x 54inW
Total Height x Width: 84.5in x 203.25in (16’ 11 ¼”)
Bench: 24inH x 38.25inW
Total Height x Width: 84.5in x 203.25in (16’ 11 ¼”)
When disassembled:76inH x 34inW.

Waiting Game, a Finalist’s Proposal for Denver’s RTD, is a light show for those times when commuters wait for their train while trains moving the other way come and go.  Before the train going the “wrong” way arrives, panels of various colors of reflective sheeting mounted to the station columns catch the ambient light.  As it pulls in, hidden colored lights beam onto the sheeting and create many hues and blends of glowing, pulsating light to create delightful entertainment in place of frustration.

This window installation at Mixed Greens Gallery in New York used the building’s architecture as its starting point, incorporating mullions, sills, and fire escape into its geometry.  2,642 LEDs joined with the hard edges and soft blends of gel filters to change the experience of the urban street. 

Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY
LEDs, fluorescents, gel filters 3 windows: 111″ x 80″, 80″ x 31″, and 80″ x 53″
2008

Three of the artworks in the series “Light Spills” were commissioned to be placed in the windows of the historic downtown Pioneer Savings Bank for the 2024 edition of the annual light festival in Troy, NY. The artworks were perfectly proportioned for the windows. Custom aluminum frames were built to support the artworks.

Three windows and the stonework between them: 300 inches (25 ft)
Window sill depth: 8 inches

Left window: 90in H x 64in W, contained “Light Spill 4,” 38in H x 44in W x 7.5in D
Center window: 90in H x 76in W, contained “Light Spill 2,” 44in H x 44in H x 6.625inD
Right Window: 90in H x 64in W, contained “Light Spill 3,” 38in H x 44in W x 7.5in D

Rendering in a Garden of Multiples of Tri-Quadular Cone

In this nighttime rendering the sculptures are of varying heights.

This architecturally-based sculpture is made of fluorescent-edged plexiglass and prismatic reflective sheeting manufactured for road signs to glow without the use of electricity.  Its form was inspired by Soviet concrete architecture.

Fluorescent-edged, plexiglass, prismatic reflective sheeting, steel
48" W x 72" H x 48" D
2013

“Luminous Layers” at Safe-T Gallery was an installation that had staggered walls with hidden light, and fixtures with different colors of LEDs beamed through prism rods for a jewel-like effect.

LEDs, fluorescents, prism rods, steel, Sintra
Approximate room dimensions: 8′ H x 11 1/4′ W x 21′ D
2004

“Luminous Layers” at Dam Stuhltrager Gallery, was a  structure in the shape of a Figure 8 and had staggered walls with hidden light, and fixtures with different colors of LEDs beamed through prism rods for a jewel-like effect.  The LEDs reflected onto iridescent walls, adding a soft glow to the overall experience.

Structure: Aluminum, Sintra, velcro, paint
Lights: LEDs, electronic-ballast fluorescents, stainless and galvanized steel, prism rods
Approximate dimensions: 11’ W x 8’ H x 15’ D
2005

"COLOR WHEELS" during UPSTATE ART WEEKEND

Callisto Farm

High Falls, NY 12440

LEDs, Reflective Sheeting, Plexi
29in x 43in x 2.75in
2022

“Union Squares”’ overlapping rectangles of light and road sign material give an indeterminate sensation of depth while also appearing to vibrate.

"COLOR WHEELS" during UPSTATE ART WEEKEND

Callisto Farm

LEDs, gel filters, reflective

Sheeting, acrylic paint, plexiglass

15inH x 124inW x 12.19inD

"COLOR WHEELS" during UPSTATE ART WEEKEND

Callisto Farm

www.callistohudsonvalley.com

2037 Lucas Turnpike

High Falls, NY 12440

LEDs, prism rods, reflective sheeting, aluminum, paint, polycarbonate
14inH x 16inW x 15inD
2024

“Pilgrimage”is a ziggurat-like transparent sculpture with small LED light constructions cascading up and down its plastic steps. Segments of clear plastic were pieced together to build a journey of light on a prism of staircases.

LEDs, wire, transparent corner guards
21" H x 43" W x 43" D
2014

LEDs, paint, road sign material, medium density fiberboard
15inH x 15inW x 4.5inD
2025

These wall pieces are made with layers of white reflective sheeting and black plexi “lines” that have colored light behind them. When the lights are off they have black and white forms that are reminiscent of architectural details found in medieval, baroque, and classical architecture. By highlighting them they bring these decorative elements into contemporary art with a minimalist, austere feel. But when the backlighting turns on, the color that surrounds the viewer is anything but, evoking rich and romantic emotions.

LEDs, Plexi, Reflective Sheeting, Sintra

2021