stephen langton goulet

In an ever more artificial world elemental simplicity provides fertile ground for artful expression.

Eastend Saskatchewan  
summer  '08


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Eastend Artists and Community Site

a brief history of rockatree


  slg pen and ink
drawings

bio

i've been at play in the field between the shadow and the light most of my life. it's a fine line.


stephen langton goulet

b.1950....continuous doodling from an early age.
  Pen and ink pointillism and pencil drawings since '75.

Collaboration with Joseph Edward Batter begins: october '79
 we discover the "lix" unit on April 1st 1980
and begin the first of four "Earth Measure" illustrations.
Project completed May '93.
Joe dies July '94

Spontaneously begin balancing rocks, september '95, Green Lake, B.C.
lix unit website opens december '96
rockatiers 17bc project begins July 1,'96
"Art of Rockatree" website opens autumn '98
lixcaliber website opens winter '98

"Line of Sight"  rockatree and drawings, Campbell River Public Gallery, B.C. spring '98
"Align of Site"  rockatree and drawings, Myfanwy Pavelic Gallery, North Saanich B.C. nov '01
DropShots waterdrop pixographs, Myfanwy Pavelic Gallery North Saanich B.C.  june '04
rockatiers 17bc project ends spring '06

relocate to SW Saskatchewan, spring '06

resolve the numerical source of Great Pyramid chamber dimensions, winter '08.
Discover how the King's and Queen's chambers fit inside each other, autumn '08
and construct the Worlds' first "Brain Elevator", summer '09

"Sine of Light" the whole shebang ....tba


stephen langton goulet


links
 
rockatier: Glen McConnell


  "The Art of Balancing Stone"  
Tektonika article by Tomas Lipps (pdf)

Eastend Artists and Community Site

Elias Wakan's Links

Soon after i began balancing rocks i was introduced to the inspired works of Andy Goldsworthy.
Art and Nature become one at the hands of this incredible Artist.

 Team Sandastic

Jim Needham

Daliel Leite

Bill Dan  has a fabulous new rock balancing Blog

 balanced rock  clips on the "Goggle"

stonefoundation

Cool Canadian Sites

Kepple Henge

MCE

  Composer:  Patrick Godfrey


I've been asked why i call this art form "rockatree", whether it was "merely for the obvious bad pun?"
While that seems reason enough to name just about anything, there was another.To paraphrase Albert Einstein....
" the very first missiles were rocks and the very last ones will be too".
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All we visual artists have to represent ourselves is a collection of self made images.
These images become our history, our reputation; it's how we make our living.
If you choose to reproduce or transmit my work, acknowledge my copyright!


a rockatier production
1996 thru 2009
all rights reserved
text and images: stephen langton goulet
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