Category: Mel Tanner

Nebular Wall Sculpture (1975) by Mel Tanner

Nebular Wall SculptureWhole & Its Parts Nebular is a very intricate wall sculpture by Mel Tanner that includes 6 colorful paintings of various sizes and scribed lines. Just a reminder that Lumonics Immersed takes place on Saturdays. “Lumonics is an absolutely beautiful immersion of love, original music, and mind-bending light and visual art that blends …

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All the Immersive Art to See in Denver

All the Immersive Art to See in Denver EMILY FERGUSON  NOVEMBER 1, 2022  11:46AM   WESTWORD Thanks to Westword’s Cultural Editor, Emily Ferguson for including Lumonics Immersed in her article,  All the Immersive Art to See in Denver. “Denver continues to be immersed in immersive arts experiences, with more to come. The Denver Immersive Gathering, a major …

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Sketch and Sculpt

Mel and Dorothy Tanner worked with the same material, acrylic glass, in very different ways. Dorothy liked to have a lot of material around and then begin her construction. Mel Tanner always sketched first, often filling the sketches in with colored pencils so that they were very precise. The drawing(s) very closely resembled the completed …

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Mel Tanner Series of Star Maps

Mel Tanner created what became a series of wall pieces that could be thought of as star maps or constellations. Like so many of Mel’s wall sculptures, the art works looked flat from a distance but as you got closer, there was so much depth. Here are photos of 4 of these Star Maps, created …

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