The Artist's Vision

Floyd Elzinga's Vision Floyd Elzinga is a sculptor in metal. He lives in Beamsville with his studio on Mountain Street. The natural world is his subject. Here's his Artist Statement from his website  http://www.floydelzinga.com "Rotten stumps, broken branches, invasive species, ravaged trees as well as polar opposites and dysfunctional objects; these are the things that excite Floyd Elzinga. He has made a career out of highlighting and glorifying these through three dimensional sculpture, relief work and environmental installations for over 15 years. Current themes in his work focus on broken landscapes, portraits of trees and the aggressive nature of seeds." I asked Floyd's permission to photograph his work and to be able to publish my images. He is very receptive to this as his work is three dimensional sculpture, so the original work cannot be replaced or reproduced.  This allows me to to pursue my interest in pattern, line, texture and saturated colour with extraordinary subject matter - subjects of the artist's eye that incorporate the natural world and urban materials.

Look Down and See the Abstracts

Look Down What do you see in Asphalt?  Do you see a parking place that you are not allowed to park in or has preference for someone else? This is a lucky find in Burlington.  It is a 'family parking' spot with the usual pink and orange/yellow and the white stroller.  This one is layered with a previous life as a wheelchair space and has blue is showing through. Asphalt is like mosaic with its textured pieces fitting together.  There's a lot of room to create abstracts. I found these files yesterday on a camera memory disk that is corrupted so it was run through a recovery program.