When we encounter the true wonders of nature, the beauty we behold transcends our intellects and reaches directly to our hearts.
One need for artists of our time is to bring more of the practical preservation of the natural world back into people’s lives, especially in urban areas.
Living in a metropolitan area, I search for discarded materials that can find new life as functional art pieces of all shapes and sizes.
I desire a similar response from viewers of my work; to provoke a re-examination of our relationship to the natural world.
My assemblages are composed of recognizable objects made from plastic, metal and wood.
These objects are chosen for their color, shape, texture, durability and patina; and a design for their new life is created based on every individual piece.
I combine objects in a variety forms and colors with the same intention as brush strokes in a painting, to create a similar effect, but in three dimensions.
I’ve developed my own assemblage technique for sculpture that gives the appearance of organic assembly with no obvious connection or attachment points so they combine into a cohesive whole and use visual language to convey a message.
Most items are repurposed with a sense of movement and action, to heighten the awareness of the potential that exists in every object, such as in every person.
When we think of these formerly discarded things as beautiful, and with new purpose, we value them again as art, a gift, or a new functional household item.
If we see more value our resources, we will waste less of them.
Intuition plays a role in the process from the beginning to the end.
Chad Periman
352-316-5551
Perimanart@gmail.com
Martin County Artists Guild, Stuart, FL
ArtServe – Ft Lauderdale, FL
Recent shows and displays
* Continuum 6, WPB 2019
* ArtFind! Stuart, FL
* StArt exhibition, Lake Worth FL
* The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach FL
* Art of Association – Lighthouse Art Center, Jupiter FL
* Avant Garde exhibition- ArtServe, Ft Lauderdale
* Martin Artisans Guild Summer Salon, Stuart FL
* Reflect exhibition – Art Serve, Ft. Lauderdale
* Free On The Inside exhibition – Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach
ArtLive – Stuart FL
* Notes Music Room – Solo Photography exhibition
*Evening On Antique Row
ArtsFest, Stuart FL
*ArtBRAVO! – Ft Lauderdale FL
*Continuum V – WPB
*Martin County Open Studio Tour, Stuart FL
* Art Synergy 2018 Solar Lawn Art Show, WPB
* RedEye Untamed Arts Festival Ft. Lauderdale
* Art Florida II: Abstractions – The Box Gallery, WPB
*Oxbow Nature Center – Port St Lucie FL
*FIU Nest Gen 2016 Bi-annual – Miami FL