Gary Fisher
Landscape 5, 2017, 1.75"x8"x1.5" (Nature of Reality Series)
(oak, fractured acrylic)
In this piece the surface of the acrylic sculpture is meant to evoke a snow-covered mountain topography. Conceptually, the piece was inspired by Japanese Suiseki.
In this piece the surface of the acrylic sculpture is meant to evoke a snow-covered mountain topography. Conceptually, the piece was inspired by Japanese Suiseki.
Loop, 2016, 6"x17"x 4"
(pressurized krypton tube, neon beading transformer, milled solid mahogany, acrylic.)
This work uses neon in a sculptural rather that commonly seen descriptive context. The mixing of wood and neon enhances this conceptual departure.
This work uses neon in a sculptural rather that commonly seen descriptive context. The mixing of wood and neon enhances this conceptual departure.
Nothing is Static, 2016, 16.5"x8.5"x2" (Cloud Series)
(photography, pressurized krypton tube, "beading" transformer, acrylic).
In this work a static cloud image is combined with a krypton plasma tube where the movement of plasma "beads" across the image acts as a conceptual metaphor for the dynamic nature of cloud phenomena.
In this work a static cloud image is combined with a krypton plasma tube where the movement of plasma "beads" across the image acts as a conceptual metaphor for the dynamic nature of cloud phenomena.
Linear Line, 2017, 15"x5"x3.75" edition - 5
(milled oak, 3mm white neon tube, neon transformer with variable output)
Linear Line combines a narrow linear light embedded in a block of oak. Light is incongruously "captured" within the block giving it aesthetic appeal rather than functional utility.
Linear Line combines a narrow linear light embedded in a block of oak. Light is incongruously "captured" within the block giving it aesthetic appeal rather than functional utility.
© 2017-2024 Gary Fisher
Suiseki, 2017, 4" x 3" x 2"
fire-scarred oak, wood base
Suiseki is generally practiced with found stone. I have chosen to use a nontraditional medium to evoke the feeling of a far-off mountain. When expanding one's visual scale, the mind envisions conceptual reality.
Suiseki is generally practiced with found stone. I have chosen to use a nontraditional medium to evoke the feeling of a far-off mountain. When expanding one's visual scale, the mind envisions conceptual reality.
Extinction of Memory, 2020, 9" x 9" x2"
C 2020 Gary Fisher
vintage exposed Kodachrome film, film canister, end cap
vintage exposed Kodachrome film, film canister, end cap
I exposed this roll of Kodachrome in the 1990s and somehow it was misfiled and never developed. Since Kodak stopped making Kodachrome in 2009 and no one still develops it using Kodak's proprietary process, I was left with thirty-six unrecoverable photographic images - memories in film forever inaccessable. So having nothing to lose, I exposed the film to light, destroying the latent images on the film, and made "Extinction of Memory".
Selected Mixed Media/Sculpture