Atomic Pioneers
Acrylic on linen panel, 16x16x2”, 2017
About this work:
Atomic Pioneers is part of my Eureka series, and as such I determined the colors and composition in this work—translucent violet stripes glazed over fields of citrine yellow and crimson—using my chance-based Eureka algorithm. The title was inspired by a vintage neon sign which had been included in a moving sale held by the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, TN. Presumably referencing the scientists working in Oak Ridge in the 1940’s, who, objectively, made significant advances in the capabilities of atomic energy, I felt that this term could apply equally well to the atomic yellow color which dominates this work. Fittingly, the first exhibition in which this work was included was The Art of Planetary Science, held by the Division of Planetary Science’s annual conference in Knoxville, TN in 2018.
A vintage neon sign reading “atomic PIONEERS” in the American Museum of Science & Energy in Oak Ridge, TN.