Art Energy Design

Objectives:

Power Flowers and Sustainability

Art Energy Design integrates sustainable energy technology with a variety of artistic designs and contexts. Power Flower public art sculptures are one example of our mission specific design series. Power Flower is intended to demonstrate surprising and thought provoking ways wind, solar and recycling technologies can be integrated into the urban landscape.

Art Energy Design explores and promotes the possibilities of energy-saving solutions by capturing public attention through the following:

- Entertain with dynamic and whimsical public art.

- Education in the macro scale technologies of the "Living
Building" using Power Flowers as micro system teaching models.

- Inspire the creation of sustainable eco-art projects.

- Demonstrate home and garden resource saving applications.

- Consider advantages of on site energy generation and recycling.

- Explore new contexts and esthetic possibilities for the
placement of solar panels, wind turbines and recycling.

- Engage the artistic, technical and environmental communities with
high visibility symbols of Pittsburgh-based innovative design.

- Generate revenue sources engaging art, eco-tech stakeholders.

- Exhibit Power Flowers in mobile off-site locations for
educational, promotional and fundraising events.

- Create permanent site-specific public art for mission directed
institutions.

About the Founder and Project Leader, David Lee Edwards:

"In the public arts I never forget that the composition is indeed for the public and that all themes represented must serve well the landscape in which they reside." D. L. Edwards

Edwards graduated from Shady Side Academy and earned a BA from Allegheny College. Edwards is a professional stone sculptor, woodcarver, painter and metalworker with over 20 years of experience in building design and is the founder of the inclusivist method. Inclusivist art is defined by compositions that include diverse techniques and styles and stresses the importance of the context in which the work is displayed. Inclusivism follows the tradition of those renaissance artists who where sculptors, painters, designers and draftsmen all in one. Knowledge and techniques gained from experience in various disciplines are included to form a holistic and flexible approach to transformative works.

Edwards currently serves on the advisory committee for the Arts and Technology Initiative of the Pittsburgh Technology Council.

With an extremely diverse collection of paintings and sculptures in notable corporate and private collection Edwards is best known for his public works. These include nationally exhibited life size outdoor chess pieces, public murals and giant art installations. In 2006 Edwards's three story tall inflatable Elephant "Pittsburgh's Painted Pachyderm" was sponsored by PNC Bank and was subsequently purchased by the Carnegie Institute. In 2007 Edwards was commissioned by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and The Northside Leadership Conference to design and paint a 2,300 sq. ft. mural celebrating the national historic district of Deutschtown on Pittsburgh's Northside. The artist's award winning creations have been exhibited at such notable venues as The Carnegie Museum of Art, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, PPG Plaza, Point State Park and The Pittsburgh Zoo. His art has been featured on TV and radio and in numerous newspaper, magazine and art publications.

Edwards actively promotes art education participating in various Pennsylvania Art Educators Conferences providing examples of interactive art projects for students and educators. Edwards accepts public and private commissions and teaches painting and sculpture workshops throughout Allegheny County.

Contact him via email at dave@artenergydesign.com or 412-487-0621.

About Rick Byerly, Public Relations and Marketing Executive:

Rick Byerly graduated from Shady Side Academy, earned a B.A. in Non-Fiction Writing from the University of Vermont, and trained at Pittsburgh Filmmakers in Darkroom and Digital Techniques. Rick is a professional fine art photographer who focuses on the unusual in nature and sells his archival, limited edition prints via exhibits and his websites. He serves as the 2nd Vice President for the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh as well as a member of the AAP Finance, Marketing and Centennial Marketing Committees. He serves on the The Pittsburgh Technology Council's Art and Technology Advisory Committee, including the Patronage and Public Art Groups. He is the administrator for Pittsburgh Art Info, a volunteer effort including the Pittsburgh Galleries Blog, PghGalleries.com, bringing together galleries, organizations, patrons and artists to promote the concept of buying "local" art.

Contact him via email at rick@artenergydesign.com or 412-400-3778.

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David L. Edwards Art and Uniquetake, Richard Gott Byerly.

Design Trademarks Pending.