John Swartwout

Hand built subterranean metro areas and reservoir system, sculpted and cast topside landscape, corn based urethane, pigment, bioluminescence pigment, paint, clear coat.

Cast sedimentary layers, formed wood ground surface, hand built rural and metro buildings, found boombox, paint, clear coat.

Hand built buildings, city structures, and upper body plate, found boombox front shell, shellac, paint, and clear coat.

Hand built southwestern landscape and miniature waterworks, cast reservoir/waterfalls, sculpted and cast upper landscape and building, found stereo body and artificial plant, paint, clear poly topcoat.

Hand constructed and flocked trees, hand built wood surround support structure, found boombox front shell, corn based urethane, pigment, sculpted miniature trees and casted.

Found object, hand built landscape and metro scape, cast forms, led light system, paint, lacquer.

Image of led lights operating on upper part of work.

This is a collaborative piece with my son Samuel. It is a tribute to Dr. Seuss, who is one of his favorite authors….mine too. It was a startup dialogue towards brainstorming. From there it was a wild ride in the journey through the process. Free flowing as art should be! It was a true joy working with him in the studio!

Found digital disc stereo parts, cradled hardboard frames, paint, clear coat, hardware.

Found cassette boombox parts, cradled hardboard frame, paint, clear coat, mounting hardware.