Roy F. Staab
It took ten years for my art to evolve from painting, to line structure on paper, to installation. In 1983 started to make works in/over water -- large works, using only natural materials that I gathered near by. I would go to natural sites and make art for me, photograph it and tell people about it. In the beginning it was North Carolina, Brooklyn or Long Island. Then I became really a peripatetic artist making my art installations in many places in the world. I like the idea of working with nature and with the idea of ephemeral, nothing to hold on to but the visual experience; Art that is and transcends the object.
I gather the materials. I choose a site. I get an idea. I make it and then photograph it.
I learn as I work. I explore form, shape, plane, proportion and natural science.
I observe the earth, the light, the water, the tides, the wind and space.
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