Maps created as Public Art instalations.
These pieces can be in different materials and be almost any size and include a variety of details.
"100 Years Apart"
9 feet tall, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet deep - with space to allow the viewer to walk between the layers of time. When they step back they can see through the modern map to view the significant changes that have taken place to Huntsville's built environment in the area around the Von Braun Center (VBC) where the sculpture is located.
Background map: Sandblasted weather steel - depicting Huntsville buildings in 1921. Hand drawn using Library of Congress Sanborn Fire maps as reference material.
Foreground map: Sandblasted acrylic - depicting Huntsville buildings in 2021. Hand drawn using City of Huntsville GIS data as reference material.
Location/Ownership: Temprarily located outside the South Hall of the VBC, Huntsville. Owned by the artist.
"All the lights are on"
18 feet wide (over three 4 feet x 6 feet panels). Extremely accurate nighttime map of Huntsville depicting every single street light, parking lot light, stadium light, and floodlight. Extensive research using City of Huntsville GIS data, aerial photographs, street view images, and significant field checking - mostly by biking through areas to determine light locations. Hand painted in three colors, with curation included to reference other artwork on the opposing wall.
Map panels: Acrylic paint on wood panel, with approximately 30,000 dots added.
Location/Ownership: Permanently located on the 7th floor of Huntsville City Hall. Owned by the City of Huntsville.
"Alabama State Parks"
4 feet 6 inches by 4 feet 6 inches . Alabama state map depicting the main cities, roads, rail lines and rivers over a geology base map. Each state park is depicted in a dark green showing the locations of facility. There are deliberatly no lbaels on the map encouraging curiousity and also a focus on the natural environment.
Map: Watercolor and acrylic paint on paper, mounted on aluminum panel.
Location/Ownership: Permanently located in the conference facility of the Lodge at Gulf State Park, a Hilton Hotel, Gulf Shores, Alabama. Owned by the Lodge at Gulf State Park.
