Tangerine Melody embodies fun and joy … in a sculpture of a woman dancing.    vibrant orange and gold are luminous in the landscape.  The side views borrow from the simplicity of Matisse’s female cutouts; while quite abstract from the front and back views,

The sculpture is part of my Cadence Series which explores how abstraction and the graphic use of 2 saturated colors affects our sense of a dancer’s movements.  While other series use the repetition of slats to effect a sense of motion and musculature; this series uses fewer planes of steel but often in alternating colors to explore the same ideas.  The less dense artworks are by necessity and design more abstract.  The abstraction allows the viewer more leeway to interpret and interact with the sculpture. 

It is composed of slats of powder-coated steel.  Water beads up on the surface and will survive outdoors for decades.  The assembly includes welding and riveting components.  The refined finish created by the powder-coating enhances the refinement of the sculpture.