Artist Statement

            Abstraction, bright lights, and neon colors are always an attention grabber in my eyes.  With that in mind, and a newfound love for the artist Dan Flavin, I decided to create a fluorescent light box, using the basic materials of wood, paint, and cold cathode tubes of light.  Much like Flavin, the idea was to keep the amount of colors used for the lights limited to just a few, so that I could test the different ways the lights reacted to one another.  Most of Flavin’s works were constructed in a symmetrical pattern, so that the lights formed uniform interactions.  With the idea of abstraction in the back of my mind, I thought of new ways in which to arrange the lights.  Upon sketching many ideas, and inspiration from yet another artist, Piet Mondrian, I decided to create an asymmetrical “grid like” design of both horizontal and vertical lights.  In order to add another element of interaction between the lights, I placed a layer of highly reflective aluminum foil along the back wall.

            With all of these considerations in mind, I hope to have created a piece that is aesthetically pleasing to all who are interested.