This is about my Lincoln Project Part of the Lincoln Legacies Artist Residency VIDEO BY STORYTELLERS https://thestorytellerstudios.com/ Press Release University of Illinois Springfield presents “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,” An innovative physical and digital art exhibit “Making Our History: Artists Render Lincoln’s Legacies,” an innovative physical and digital…
All photos by Robert Chase Heishman ARTIST INTERVIEW NATHAN PECK: DREAM MACHINE As a teacher and a practicing artist, I think a lot about the feedback loop between teaching and creating. I asked Nathan Peck how teaching fits into his art practice. ___________________ I’ve taught full time at SXU…
Relics from “The Dream Machine” Sabbatical work by Nathan Peck After nearly twenty years at Saint Xavier University, I finally took a semester off for professional development and creative production. My sabbatical was scheduled for last spring. I guess it was lucky that everything was closed. I am easily distracted…
Some More Dream Machines These help you measure your impact. Network / Networth Physical Description These are Little 8 x 10 inch sculptural paintings. Latex on birch in a prefab frame. Poetic Description Network / Networth Who knows? How much? How much? How much? How much? How much? How much is…
The Great American Dream Machine will continue to pump gallons of greasy paintings, sculptures, videos and songs into your eyes and ears until you pull yourself up and earn that two-story self-fulfilling prophecy at the corner of Main Street and our collective subconscious. Component 1 Component 2
Keeping this wall interesting is an ongoing task. My students and I are routinely considering what should be the next moving image for the university to consider. Sometimes it is abstract – other times it is literal or instructional or in the public service. The most recent offering is one…
Using videos to teach painters is similar to using paintings to teach poets.
I painted all summer long – these are some of the best of the summer. Created with flickr embed.
This show was a response to a video that I shot. I had emptied my garage of all the paintings that I had stored into my driveway. I recorded the hundreds of pictures with my phone. I uploaded it for my sister to see and titled it Time for a Show….
These canvases began with a grid exercise. I subdivided the canvas proportionally. I then looked for interesting patterns in the mess previously on the canvas. Most of my recent work has also been concentrating on the idea of the present moment in space.