De Wain Valentine was an American artist associated with the Light and Space movement in California. His large-scale sculptures, often made from polyester resin or acrylic, use industrial materials to create luminous, floating volumes. Smooth surfaces and subtle curves cause light to pool, diffuse, or radiate within the form.
Valentine developed new resin formulations to cast exceptionally large pieces, making works such as his Gray Column and discs appear like distilled fog or horizon lines. Their optical clarity and chromatic depth shift with viewer position, creating slow perceptual change.
His practice links craft, engineering, and sensory experience, demonstrating how material innovation can produce profound spatial atmosphere.
De Wain Valentine was an American Light and Space artist known for large translucent resin sculptures that shape light into perceptual atmosphere.
De Wain Valentine was an American Light and Space artist whose translucent resin sculptures create immersive atmospheres of color and light.
