John Anderson, full scale drawing

If you have flown in or out of Burlington you have seen the colorful skygate murals at Burlington International Airport. If you have driven or walked around Burlington you've seen the two gorgeous Lake Champlain Chocolate Factories, or the fascinatingly curved Wing Building or the brilliantly renovated Firehouse Center For the Visual Arts. Visionary Burlington architect John Anderson designed all of them.

In addition to being one of Vermont's leading architects, Anderson is also a painter. and pine street art works is thrilled to announce that he will be showing his six foot tall Full Scale Drawings in a solo exhibition.

Full Scale Drawings were made over a 4 year period, 1998—2002, when Anderson decided to explore working at a larger scale, off the drawing board - a scale that affected space itself and the space between the viewer and the work. The paintings represent a transition from making space as an architect to making space as an artist. Ultimately Anderson found that the two approaches are really the same thing.

"Full Scale" in the title of these drawings refers to the following: First, they are generally life size drawings of objects and architectural materials. Second, the size of the images are related to the scale of the human viewer. Third, this scale relationship allows the drawings to engage the viewer directly and viscerally, creating a real spatial interaction in real time. The scale and treatment of the drawings allows them to be appreciated from a long distance, but they also have fine and surprising detail which rewards close inspection.

The drawings were created using materials actually used during construction by carpenters as they recreate the architect's drawings at full scale - lumber crayon, carpenter's pencil, chalk line and tape. Anderson sometimes incorporates materials found at construction sites, such as brick dust and roofing tar.

In addition to the drawings, some of Anderson's furniture will be on view, as well as a video presentation of his work.