Artist of the day: Artist of the Day, May 25, 2022: Lyle London, an American sculptor (#1578)

Lyle London grew up in a military family that was regularly relocated and attended a total of 8 schools before graduating from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. Adapting to constant relocations, Lyle relied on the inner world of his imagination and created art to sustain him through these tumultuous formative years.

At Dartmouth College, Lyle enrolled in the engineering program and after two years decided to follow his passion and change the focus of his studies to fine art. He has never had a reason to regret that decision. Since then, Lyle has sought a deeper understanding of our world though exploring the interplay between art and science – giving him a unique lens through which draw his inspiration.

Lyle was the founder and principal designer for an architectural metals firm for over 25 years and has created many large scale art features in coordination with design teams for public spaces as diverse as health care facilities, universities, hotels, and cruise ships.

This investigation of the complex geometries found in nature has inspired him to create interior suspended sculptures crafted from color-changing dichroic glass as well as outdoor sculptures showcasing the dynamic spiral topography.

In Lyle London’s own words:
The natural world provides my inspiration – I suppose what I create is an attempt to know intimate rather than imitate nature. I’ve immersed myself in spiral geometry and helical topology – it appears everywhere and at every scale in nature. It really is primal attraction. Most of my suspended sculptures and all of my 3D prints are inspired by this notion

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