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1970—1979
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1970–1979
It was a decade of significant change and acceleration: city loft living became vast country space; wood, stone, steel, bronze, and cement replaced paint, canvas, pencil and paper. The Illuminations and Essence paintings of the late 60s and early 70s quickly morphed into the Inter-Actions and Spatial Shades. Three-dimensional illusion was retained and exaggerated; in mid-decade, three dimensions became real, but painted shape and line still remained and integrated over the various materials - the Component Integration series emerged. Eventually the artificial elements were left behind and pure constructivist sculpture appeared. The first Components were exhibited at the Merton Gallery in mid-town Toronto in 1976. In 1977, these sculptures, and others, were exhibited at the Cobourg Art Gallery along with paintings: Iinter-Actions, Spatial Shades, and Essences. As the Merton show was on, the first Gazer sculpture was created - a diversion, at first, a direction as it developed. When opportunity for large-scale exterior works was presented, the Gazers came to further fruition and by 1982, ten large scale works from this series were developed and created.
PENTAGONAL GAZER
WALL GAZERS
GAZER MONUMENT
left: SPLIT GAZER 1 right: SPLIT GAZER 2
GAZER 2
left: GAZER 1 right: GAZER 5
COMPONENT INTEGRATION – TENSILE (ground)
COMPONENT INTEGRATION – TENSILE (wall)
COMPONENT INTEGRATION – BEAM
COMPONENT INTEGRATION – CROSSED
FORMULATIONS ON 3 EQUAL RECTANGLES 3
IMAGO YANTRA
NUCLEAR ENCIRCLEMENT
VINCULUM
INTER-ACTION 1
SPATIAL SHADES 6
SPATIAL SHADES – BREAKTHROUGH
STRUCTURE OF LIMITATION 2
CONTINUUM
KA BA LA
ESSENCE PAINTING 5
ESSENCE PAINTING 4
ESSENCE PAINTING 3
EBB-FLOW ILLUMINATION
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