Jon Barlow Hudson : SCULPTURE large scale public

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EIDOLON : NATURE

c 2023, stainless steel, 21 ton moraine boulder, landscaping. 27 ft.hi. x 16 ft.dia. Clippinger Chemistry Lab, Ohio University, Athens, OH. an OAC % art project. theme was the subject taught within the Chem Lab: chemistry, physics, geology, geography, biosciences. on the black granite base are formulas and equations for chemistry on one side, physics on another and geology and geography on the third.

EIDOLON : NATURE

c 2023, stainless steel, 21 ton moraine boulder, landscaping. 27 ft.hi. x 16 ft.dia. Clippinger Chemistry Lab, Ohio University, Athens, OH. an OAC % art project. theme was the subject taught within the Chem Lab: chemistry, physics, geology, geography, biosciences. on the black granite base are formulas and equations for chemistry on one side, physics on another and geology and geography on the third.

SYNCHRONICITY XI : GOBI DESERT

c 2019, stainless steel, 15 ft.dia. Minqin International Desert Sculpture Park, Minqin City,
Gansu Prov., China. theme of the desert: a window onto the desert: synchronicity.

THE COMMON GOOD

c 2017, PA granite, 96″hi. x 80″w. x 16″d., Cooper Park, Dayton, OH. commissioned to honor public servants and service. includes 14 quotes by notable public servants engraved round the stone. one has to walk round the stone to read the quotes.

CLOUD HANDS : XIAN

c 2016, granite & stainless steel, 12 ft. sq. Cui Zhen Kuan Art Museum, Belt & Road, Xian, Shaanxi Prov., China. theme of the center.

FENESTRAE AETERNITATIS : BOOKS INTO INFINITY

c 2013, TX granite & stainless steel, 8.5’hi. x 5’d. x 25’long. White Rock Hills Public Library,
Dallas, TX. Dallas % art proj., theme of books, reading, library, learning: one book leads to the next book…..

COMPASS

c 2005, WI granites & stainless steel, 12’hi. x 10’w. x 3’d., Brady St. Bridge Bikepath, Milwaukee, WI. a Milwaukee % art proj., theme of the lake, WI granite and the Lakota Sioux
story of the discovery of the four directions of the compass–a boulder found at each point.

TREE OF KNOWLEDGE

c 1992, bronze, 10 ft.hi. x 8 ft.dia., Public Library, Yellow Springs, OH. theme of the character of Yellow Springs–writers, publishers, teachers, artists, engineers, farmers, educational institutions, trees, parks, books….

MORNING STAR II

c 1988, stainless steel mirror polished. 15 ft. dia., World Expo 1988, Brisbane, Australia.
theme of the center of Expo–the center of the world; the morning star, the pole star.
now relocated in Brisbane Botanical Gardens.

PARADIGM

c 1988, stainless steel, mild steel, 66 airplane lights, 100 ft.hi. x 8 ft.dia. World Expo 1988
Brisbane, Australia. theme of the axis mundi, world tree, DNA molecular structure.

01/08/2025