garden

circuit garden /  by kelly heaton

ONLY 4 DAYS LEFT to see my large electronic installation, “Circuit Garden,” at 5 Manhattan West (450 West 33rd Street) NYC. This photo: Me with one of my plush resistors (4.3K is a favorite color scheme). I’m wearing my screen-printed circuit dress, a power cap, and silver tabi shoes by Maison Margiela. May, 2022

Circuit Garden /  by kelly heaton

I am pleased to announce the premiere of “Circuit Garden.” This electronic and sculptural work will be on view February 28 through April 8, 2022 in the lobby of 5 Manhattan West (450 West 33rd Street, Hudson Yards, Manhattan) NYC. I am deeply grateful for Brookfield Arts (Brookfield Properties) and Kendra Roberts (Common Ground Arts) for her curatorial vision. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity! Thank you also to King Credie, PCBWay, and Advanced Circuits for your outstanding manufacturing of my artistic circuit boards.

https://www.manhattanwestnyc.com/events/circuit-garden-art-installation-by-kelly-heaton/

Exploding Capacitor /  by kelly heaton

Happy Halloween! This year, I am an exploding capacitor paying homage to rapidly expanding human potential / 2021

open studio: landscape circuit / lamp /  by kelly heaton

Study for a public art installation involving a circuit to illuminate a lamp, 2016

Colored pencil and watercolor on paper.  Circuit elements are imagined to be human-scale or larger.  A solar panel charges a battery that, in turn, illuminates the lamp when ambient light levels are low (i.e., at night).

open studio: sculptural resistor series /  by kelly heaton

Study for a sculptural resistor series, 2016.  Colored pencil on paper.  Kelly Heaton

I continue to work on studies for outdoor sculpture incorporating analog electronics into landscape architecture, public space, and nature.  I like the form and color of electronic components, especially rendered with biological character.  Situated on a grassy ground plane, green like a circuit board, these larger-than-life circuits are an exciting synthesis of natural and manmade systems.

open studio: the 3rd of february, 2016 /  by kelly heaton

The Third of February, 2016.  Graphite, acrylic, and colored pencil on joined paper. 34" x 60"

Painterly schematic for a timing circuit with dead components and other unintended consequences.

open studio: garden bodhisattva (tomatoes) /  by kelly heaton

A garden bodhisattva as seen in my last summer's tomato plants.  Watercolor, ink, brass, clay, acrylic and vines on joined paper (with a rigid backing), 53" x 38" x 4", 2013 - 2015
Below are two details of the sculptural surface.