Peter Erskine is a renowned light artist known for his innovative approach in using natural light as a medium for artistic expression. With a university degree in arts, Erskine brings a unique perspective to his creations, using art created with natural resources to bring awarness about social problems.
- he highlights the importance of rainbows and colors in healing and awakening our hearts and minds.
- Erskine uses mainly natural resources for his art. Most of his artwork is based on placing laser-cut prisms in strategic locations to create rainbows using sunlight
Secrets of the sun is a project with many different locations in different countries. The art installations are meant to connect the emotional impact of art, the healing environment of rainbows, the connection to the sun, the interactive experience, and the shared discussions to bring awareness to the climate change problem.
Some other features of his work is that the user participation for most of them causes each user to experience a different and unique experience given their position, height, weather, time, and season, among different factors. This is present in almost all the artworks since they are a changing organism with the pass of time.
- Erskine Solar Spectrum Art at https://erskinesolarart.net/
- Colossal at https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2015/04/peter-erskine-prisms/