http://larsonart.net/Gallery1 228 photos in 18 albums en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:34:59 -0500 Gallery 1.5-RC2, http://gallery.menalto.com/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 40 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Photos-from-the-Sacred-Grove/FarmGirlWeb_14.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1 144 118 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/Photos-from-the-Sacred-Grove 6b07af8506785b3efe45277fe76bcf6e Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:59:37 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/view_comments.php?set_albumName=Photos-from-the-Sacred-Grove http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Photos-from-the-Sacred-Grove/FarmGirlWeb_14.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Photos-from-the-Sacred-Grove/FarmGirlWeb_14.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Photos-from-the-Sacred-Grove/FarmGirlWeb_14.thumb.jpg Almost all of the Sacred Groves which celebrated the goddess/mother earth have been destroyed. Through the use of tableau and digital photography, I imagine a parallel universe where it still may exist. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/Bernini-Bernana 1642575c47b7f8104caf6a8e708ca2ae Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:47:20 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Bernini-Bernana/T_Aheadcafe.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Bernini-Bernana/T_Aheadcafe.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Bernini-Bernana/T_Aheadcafe.thumb.jpg This is a work in progress. It is my response to the Getty Center's exhibit of Bernini's Sculptural busts of Popes, Cardinals and other men of power and piety. My portrait/busts of women represent certain aspects of the reaction women have had to the shift from an orientation towards nature and its cycles (worshiping a pantheon of gods and goddesses) to one of power and piety (worshiping one god). A good portion of the women represented have been noted as saints and/or converted from goddess figures from the pagan past by the Catholic Church. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/TarFest-2011 75bf5df135c08cf95d98621ae634e7c5 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:41:56 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/TarFest-2011/07_TarFest.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/TarFest-2011/07_TarFest.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/TarFest-2011/07_TarFest.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/album02 213e99c3e3653b03391e2ca1c65d6600 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:01:15 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/album02/Dino34.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/album02/Dino34.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/album02/Dino34.thumb.jpg This is an assortment of sculpture. Most of these individual pieces are studies for or belong to installations or props for photos. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation 83d04decfbea1f58c0e0e9669c41f198 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:16:21 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.thumb.jpg This installation was recently exhibited at the Brand Library Art Galleries – Mar/Apr 2011. The Campaign for Co-Creation is a place wherein the spider weaves her web of life as the scientist tries to unravel it. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/personal 8b8c0f6a5637fe6466bcd721855d23e8 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:52:30 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/view_comments.php?set_albumName=personal http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.thumb.jpg Read the book of your life, which has been given you. A voice comes to your soul saying, Lift your foot. Cross over. Move into emptiness of question and answer and question. An excerpt from “A Voice Through the Door” by Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) This poem resonates deeply with me as an artist. I feel that there is a book of my life and that each art project I create is a chapter. This book has been given to me with a purpose and my mission is to fulfill it. The voice that comes to my soul is my co-creator/muse/ guide/ great spirit. It nudges me on to cross over into the emptiness of creating something from nothing, which for me, is a process of questions and answers and questions. Each project is a giant puzzle that I have to solve. There are right and wrong conclusions that I can make. Sometimes the clues are hidden deeply and sometimes they are obvious, sometimes other people carry the clue. It is interesting and mysterious. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/Work-In-Progress-Untitled 1fda086a8b9886758e2ce9222ff69258 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:51:51 -0500 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Work-In-Progress-Untitled/MansBest2.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Work-In-Progress-Untitled/MansBest2.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Work-In-Progress-Untitled/MansBest2.thumb.jpg These drawings represent my concern for our fellow beings on the planet. I am using fabric and embroidered drawings, combined with natural and found materials to highlight our wild/domestic and masculine/feminine life. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/public 1dc747733f846399338c13dbb36c69c4 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:59:33 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/view_comments.php?set_albumName=public http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/TarFest-2011/07_TarFest.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/TarFest-2011/07_TarFest.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/TarFest-2011/07_TarFest.thumb.jpg I began doing Public Art in 1995 with a project for the L.A. Department of Transportation through the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Since then I have completed 5 other city projects for Los Angeles and Pasadena, California. My most recent public art project was for TARFEST 2011 (a premiere arts and culture event for Los Angeles and the Miracle Mile produced by LAUNCH L.A.) with "House Trees at Tarfest." http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/Watts-Fire-Station-65 2a274a502d80b9542012df6229d83528 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:48:20 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Watts-Fire-Station-65/FS65.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Watts-Fire-Station-65/FS65.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Watts-Fire-Station-65/FS65.thumb.jpg “Life is about energy. Wisdom is how you spend it.” – for Fire Station #65 at 103rd and East Century Boulevard, in Watts. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs completion 2006. This project celebrates the accomplishments of the Watts Prophets and deals with the element of Fire as a source of inspiration as well as destruction. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/If-Then 01560e7cba2bb795b920849f55163fff Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:44:26 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/If-Then/PICfx55.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/If-Then/PICfx55.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/If-Then/PICfx55.thumb.jpg “If – Then” was a design collaboration between myself and Los Angeles’ city architects for the Downey Child Care Center in Lincoln Heights, CA. and commissioned by the L.A. Department of Cultural Affairs. This project describes a journey. The journey happens inside the building but references the environment outside– trains, cars, the L.A. River. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/DOT-METER 97e13410e2a221168ac3611ef41b7371 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:53:35 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/DOT-METER/Dot_MeterColumn.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/DOT-METER/Dot_MeterColumn.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/DOT-METER/Dot_MeterColumn.thumb.jpg 1995 – 1999, "Dot-Meter" – created for the Department of Transportation Parking Enforcement Facility, west Los Angeles, commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. Three elements used in the total design: Terra Cotta Sculptures on columns, exterior concrete, and interior tile. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/Fire-Station-34 fd5364014a663d0211813822693f2483 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:53:09 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Fire-Station-34/Elements1.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Fire-Station-34/Elements1.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Fire-Station-34/Elements1.thumb.jpg 1999 – 2002, "Elements of Valor" for Pasadena Fire Station No. 34, located on the campus of Cal Tech at Del Mar and Holliston, Pasadena, CA. Commissioned by the City of Pasadena, Cultural Affairs Division. This public art project examines the “elements”- fire, water, air, earth - from the perspective of alchemy (the ART of knowing), and beyond that to modern science and mathematics, within the context of the heroic work of fire fighters and paramedics. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/VNess 61bad6339e6f9efb5e7ff61de7e45519 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:52:14 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/VNess/Vness_hall.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/VNess/Vness_hall.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/VNess/Vness_hall.thumb.jpg "Welcome to The World" completed August 2001. Created for the Van Ness Child Care Center located at 5720 2nd Avenue, Los Angeles. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, for the Los Angeles Recreation and Parks Department. The work consists of 6 cut out painted figures of children at play, representing 6 continents of the earth. In the summer of 1999 the artist photographed the children at summer camp and selected 6 figures to use in the series. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/The-Clearing 20b66272ea9aa1e93fe735c8d37f36b6 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:02:27 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Clearing/Clearing1.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Clearing/Clearing1.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Clearing/Clearing1.thumb.jpg The Clearing, exhibited at Main Street Gallery in Pomona, is in part a response to the southern California wildfires we experience from time to time. My vision was to create an installation wherein blackened branches coexist with butterflies (the eternal symbol for transformation). The connection to flight or spirit is grounded with rooted female forms – the connection to the earth. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/Epidermis-Emporium bc5d32d4d4b255ab3b5866209f01447d Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:58:23 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Epidermis-Emporium/11Larson.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Epidermis-Emporium/11Larson.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/Epidermis-Emporium/11Larson.thumb.jpg The Epidermis Emporium – a sculptural installation presented at Kristi Engle Gallery, in downtown Los Angeles, March 2007 and at "TarFest" in 2006. Epidermis Emporium is a tongue in check look at how we view the skin we live in - the human body and its sacred (honored) and profane (misused) aspects. This dicotomy is followed by presenting the figure in a reverential way while actively implying sale-ablilty. There are three sculptural components to the Emporium: The Sacrafane Collection, the Platinum Collection and the Painted Ladies. All of these sculptures mimic the shape of the commercial dress form but are treated as a traditional sculptural torsos. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/album01 835b248b8d6a29c3a790ec677a55fa46 Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:48:57 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/view_comments.php?set_albumName=album01 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Campaign-for-Co-creation/1_CampaignTent.thumb.jpg There are 4 installations included in this album. Each one is a chapter in the book of my life and an exploration of a specific issue. http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/SPARK-for-ART 4d1e108d8e28abc0f3678e779f7e6fec Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:03:56 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/SPARK-for-ART/825_angleEmail.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/SPARK-for-ART/825_angleEmail.sized.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/SPARK-for-ART/825_angleEmail.thumb.jpg Widow screen artwork commissioned in August 2010 by Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 for the 85th Anniversary celebration. Cut vinyl diptych panels – each 18" x 96" http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/The-Looking-Glass-Lounge df1f15f101260cd6d6575e6346816b6e Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:10:58 -0400 http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Looking-Glass-Lounge/05Larson.thumb.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Looking-Glass-Lounge/05Larson.jpg http://larsonart.net/Gallery1/albums/The-Looking-Glass-Lounge/05Larson.thumb.jpg The Looking Glass Lounge – 2005-2007 – is an adaptable installation originally created for HAUS in Pasadena. The Lounge has also appeared at the Riverside Art Museum (solo show in the alcove gallery), at Los Angeles Art Association/Gallery 825 and as a window display at the Homestead House in Pasadena through Phantom Galleries and LAAA. The installation reflects individual voices of popular fictional female characters from various cultural/historical time periods. Mirrors - associated with vanity, reflection and self-analysis – seem a natural medium for this exploration. The approach is basically theatrical – using writers (like Virginia Woolf), characters (like Mrs. Dalloway) and actors. The viewer assumes the role of actor by reading the line or quote which is reflected in the mirror along with their own image. Creating an atmosphere that is beautiful and secluded sets the stage for this investigation.