IDEAS - Art for Healthcare, Science, and Fun
Presentation of both art suggestions and actualities for healthcare environments.
Contact me to brainstorm ideas.
Below: "My Inner Monkey" and "Bird with Kites"
Below: Installation in new Children's Cancer Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil
Empathetic creatures stimulate and encourage conversations about feelings with children in treatment.
A meaningful change of artwork direction -- from the usual candy and balloons.
Below: Brian's Colorful Math Dream.
This artwork can be a 3D illuminated and layered piece, or perhaps a large wall-sized mural.
A 3D version (in a wall hanging cabinet) is pictured below with the neuroscience images.
Below: Neuroscience exhibit at China Basin Complex, S.F.
Neurotransmitter representations. Descriptive stories next to each could teach patients the wonders of biology.
Below: Exhibit Details. Right: a 3D illuminated version of "Brian's Colorful Math Dream."
Yup, sometimes people really do draw on Neil's art! Lots of possibilities for kids in healthcare setting.
Below: Concept ready for real life. Fun with large-scale 'beasties' wall.
More fun drawing... Let's talk about how kids can do this & still keep it all manageable!
Participating in artwork, by drawing on it, is one of the best ways to engage viewers meaningfully.
Below: Birds in the Valley
This scene is printed on three 6-foot-high aluminum panels. It hangs in the Kaiser Healthcare HQ in Redwood City, CA.
Below: "Play Ball!" and "Chicken Scratch!"
Separated colored balls can fly on the walls next to the artwork.
So can some feathers!
Above: More little "beasties" looking for a wall to live on...
Below: "Harvey and His Pet Frog" They're 'besties.'
Potential wall mural, or smaller version for children's waiting room.
Below: Some neuroscience topics. (Serotoning, Dopamine, etc.) |