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• Candice Gawne

Candice Gawne

Luminous Artworks

Dates:
December 1, 2009 – January 15, 2010
Part of “Let There Be Light” 28 Light Based Art Installations throughout Downtown Long Beach illuminating the Darkest Days of the year.

Location:
The Pike at Rainbow Harbor
150 Bay St
Long Beach 90802

Artist Contact:
luminousartworks.com
Candice can be commissioned for Public and Private Luminous Works of Art.

Curated by Liza Mitchell
To make an appointment contact:
310.489.8998

Luminous Artworks features the light sculpture and paintings of world-renowned artist, Candice Gawne. Her creations are shown in prestigious galleries and museums while also prized by many private art collectors. Feel free to browse the Luminous Artworks website and discover more about Gawne's creative nature and electric inspirations.

Lighted Glass Sculpture

The beauty and energy of light is my passion, the preeminent focus and subject of my work. My lighted glass sculptures are inspired by my desire to capture the ephemeral beauty of nature. I'm particularly entranced by the sexual amplitude of flowers with their caverns of color and their petal perfect iridescence. The sea also holds exotic jewels of fluid grace, where life forms such as anemones appear as translucent flowers. I see myself as a vessel for light, filled with reflections from the sun and the moon, enchanted by how reflective light can turn dewdrops into sparkling diamonds. I am driven by the energies of light, for it's endless variations of form. With electricity, I charge noble gasses such as Neon, Argon, Krypton and Xenon, illuminating my glass forms to evoke their life force. Glass, translucent and reflective, contains the light, revealing their form and energy in unexpected ways. Thus, my passion is made visible as jewels of light in glass.

About Candice Gawne

Candice Gawne is a Los Angeles Artist living and working in San Pedro. She maintains a studio in "The Loft" Building in Downtown San Pedro, California. Gawne has studied at El Camino College and UCLA and has been an art instructor at Otis College of Art and Design, ISOMATA, the Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Los Angeles and in many other public and private schools and institutions. Since 1975, her oil paintings, light sculptures and art furniture have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Los Angeles, New York, Washington D.C., Berlin, Tokyo and Taiwan. Her work is in many corporate, private and public collections including Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Cabrillo Marine Aquarium at the Port of Los Angeles, actor Robin Williams, dancer Paula Abdul, and director Penny Marshall.

Partners:

The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency is proud to partner with Phantom Galleries LA, not only to revive empty storefronts along our major corridors, but also to showcase the arts and build a sense of community and culture in our Downtown," said Craig Beck, Executive Director of the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency. LongBeachRDA.org