Artist Information:
Larry Coffin
toledo, oh
United States
Member Since: Jul 2003
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Artist Statement:
Artist’s Statement
Sculpture and Tables
In the aluminum tables and
sculpture, I have tried to use
what I discovered in
gemstones; i.e., chatoyancy
and transparent colors.
Chatoyancy is that phenomenon
of shimmering light you see
when you look at a “cats-eye”
gemstone and the light is
reflected in such a way as to
simultaneously jump out and
retreat, causing the illusion
of shimmering depth. This
appears when I burnish the
aluminum. To keep the color
transparent I used dyes
instead of pigments in the
sprayed mediums I used to coat
the metal. The metal is always
there seen through the
transparent color and the
constantly changing illusion
of depth.
Paintings on aluminum
Now, I am experimenting with
these elements in paintings on
large aluminum sheets 4’ x 5’,
4’ x 10’, 5’ x 8’ and 8’ x 10’
(diptych), 5’ x 12’ and 10’ x
12” (triptych).
The new element in the
paintings is the abstract
figure. The constantly
changing light play of the
chatoyancy always produces
various figures as viewed from
different angles. I am
experimenting with enhancing a
prominent figure and drawing
your eye to that figure even
as it appears and disappears
from different ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
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Artist Galleries:
Toledo Museum of Art,
Collector's Corner, Toledo,
Ohio
Kent Contemporary Gallery,
Santa Fe, New mexico
Santi Gallery, River City
Center, Bangkok, Thailand...
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Collections:
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Commissions:
Childrens' Discovery Museum,
San Jose, California
Santi, Bangkok, Thailand
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo,
Ohio...
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Larry Coffin's Free Artist Portfolio
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Sculpture and Tables
In the aluminum tables and sculpture, I have tried to use what I discovered in gemstones; i.e., chatoyancy and transparent colors. Chatoyancy is that phenomenon of shimmering light you see when you look at a “cats-eye” gemstone and the light is reflected in such a way as to simultaneously jump out and retreat, causing the illusion of shimmering depth. This appears when I burnish the aluminum. To keep the color transparent I used dyes instead of pigments in the sprayed mediums I used to coat the metal. The metal is always there ... |
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