RED
WOLF has been an artist from the time of his
earliest childhood memories. Growing up, he
always expected the continuation of his
artistic endeavor. In college, he was
introduced to the field of humanistic and
transpersonal psychology,
and he found these studies to
be so fascinating and consuming that for a
decade he took an unexpected turn and
abandoned his artistic pursuits. However, in
1982, he began again to paint in earnest,
becoming interested in the glazing
techniques of the Old Flemish Masters. From
there he began developing a way to
manipulate the refractivity of light
entering and exiting his paintings,
utilizing the full artist materials palate
along with industrial materials, plastics,
polymers, sealers, and various optical
enhancers.
He is creating a painting technique
utilizing thin film application in the
pursuit of creating structural color. In
nature structural color is seen in numerous
organic structures from opal to hummingbird
feathers. This phenomenon of structural
color has fascinated humans for thousands of
years, and with the advent of the electron
microscope science has only recently begun
to unravel the mechanism of these phenomena.
His artwork represents a unique exploration
into this development of control and
creation of color through the manipulation
of light.