Dave Archer (painter)

Dave Archer (born David Archer Nelson January 15, 1941) is a reverse glass painter and sculptor.

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Work

Archer’s primary medium is reverse glass painting which he pioneered with artist Ron Russell. The technique consists of applying paint or pigment to the underside of a glass plate then applying a million volts of electricity generated from a Tesla Coil to disperse the paint into randomly generated patterns.

Recently he has begun sculpting using found-object armatures which he then covers with an activated resin substance, using various tools to make impressions which he refers to as “markings”, then adding pigments of various colors to highlight the impressions.

Fame

Dave Archer’s paintings have been featured on Star Trek, decorating the Enterprise set on Star Trek: The Next Generation television show, received screen credit in the movie, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country,[1] was included in Star Trek: Generations.[2]

He has demonstrated the reverse-glass painting technique on over two hundred television shows, including, "Eye To Eye With Connie Chung," "Beyond 2000," and Discovery Channel's, "The Next Step" and "World's of Wonder".

Archer’s paintings have been on numerous book jackets including: ‘’Fantasy’’ and ‘’Earth’’ by Isaac Asimov; ‘’N-Space’’ and ‘’Playgrounds of the Mind‘’by Larry Niven; ‘’Music Physician’’ by Don Campbell; ‘’The Oxygen Barons’’ by Gregory Feeley; ‘’The Starry Rift’’ and the ‘’Crown of Stars’’ by James Tiptree, Jr.; ‘’Alastor’’ and ‘’Planet of Adventure’’ by Jack Vance as well as the Vance Anthology of ‘’City of the Chasch / Servants of the Wankh / The Dirdir / The Pnume’’

In the print media, Archer’s work was featured in Omni (magazine), and National Geographic Magazine. He has also appeared in Ripley’s Believe It or Not![3] comic in the Sunday newspaper .

Shows

Archer’s work has been shown in the world headquarters of AT&T on Madison Avenue in New York City, and the Hayden Planetarium in Central Park in New York.

Books

Archer’s first book, Survival Art, Painting and Sculpting for Food, Clothing and Shelter’’, was published by Coyotel Press in 2009. In 2009 Coyotel Press also published his collaboration with Steve Hapy, Will Taylor, and Steven Johnson Leyba entitled ‘’The Trickster’s Bible’’.

Chronology

References

  1. ^ Screen Credit
  2. ^ “Star Trek”, "Star Trek: The Next Generation", "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" and "Star Trek: Generations” are registered trademarks of Paramount Pictures Corporation
  3. ^ "Ripley’s Believe It or Not!" is a registered trademark of Ripley Entertainment
  4. ^ Star Trek: Generations is a registered trademark of Paramount Pictures Corporation

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