EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists
Del Geist
Del Geist has integrated art into the public realm for more than 40 years. As an artist, using the natural sciences as a palette, he utilizes a ‘geologic time frame’, capturing the spirit and flavor of an area. The stone within large structures, metaphorically, contain of the natural history of a region. At the same time his smaller sculptures explore specific and unique geological nuances.
Art critic Eleanor Heartney writes: “For Del Geist, the alteration of our sense of things is a source of inspiration. He works with stones that are hundreds of millions of years old. He allows the action of wind, water, fire, ice and pressure to remain as evidence on their rippling, irregular surfaces. By ceding a certain amount of control, he acknowledges the earth as an artistic collaborator.”
He has developed major site-specific artworks throughout the USA, England, Germany, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, South Korea, Brazil, Canada, and Papua New Guinea.
Currently, within his work, Geist is addressing the effects of ‘climate change’.
