Big day! The final group of mosaics—15
abstracts—commissioned by Capital Health Medical System are complete and swathed
in layers of bubble wrap. They will be loaded into my Subaru station wagon and
delivered today to the new state-of-the-art hospital in Hopewell, NJ where they
will await installation by art consultant Lin Swensson and her team of
professional art installers.
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| My logistics manager wheeling seven of the abstracts to the hospital door. |
The first group of mosaics to be finished—nine
panels depicting New Jersey landscapes–were delivered in August and are already
hung in the Adult Emergency Room Waiting Area.
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| New Jersey Landscape Suite: this grouping installed on the left. ©2011 RHMA. |
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| New Jersey Landscape Suite: this grouping installed on the right. ©2011 RHMA. |
Today's delivery completes the commission. There
is one single-panel mosaic, one diptych, and four triptychs. Six of the panels
were purchased from existing inventory, but in each case, I was asked to
enlarge the composition by adding one or two new panels. All told, the
commission represents ten months of steady studio work with very few breaks. Given
the amount of variety in the assignment, it was a real joy from start to
finish.
I feel fortunate to have my work so well
represented in a new hospital in my own community where it will be a meaningful
addition to the healing environment. It is a particular honor to have my mosaic
Flow
installed as the artistic focal point in the hospital’s inter-faith
chapel. I believe that original art in medical settings can play a powerful
role in creating a soothing, stress-reducing environment for patients, their
family members, and staff and applaud the hospital’s visionary leadership in
seeking out original work by almost 80 local and regional artists from New
Jersey and Philadelphia.
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| Flow, 32 inches square, in handout opaque, iridescent, and metallic glass, ©2011 RHMA. |
November 6th is the official opening
day for Capital Health Medical Center–Hopewell, but there will be community
open house events throughout October to give the public a sneak peek of the new
facility, equipped with all the latest medical technology in a LEED-certified
“green” building. With its soaring architecture, cozy seating areas, walls of
windows, healing gardens, and private patient suites, people are likely to
think they’ve entered a contemporary luxury resort, not a traditional hospital.
It was exactly the impression Capital Health sought to create: “ an environment designed
to calm and comfort, heal and nurture, protect and support.” The
hundreds of paintings, sculptures, mixed media panels, and sculptures featured
throughout the public spaces and patient rooms certainly enhances that
impression.
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