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The secrets of nature are visible everywhere. Yet, they remain secrets until they are revealed. Dr. Gary Greenberg’s art takes us on an astonishing microscopic journey through the hidden wonders of nature. Using his special three-dimensional microscopes, Dr. Greenberg combines his zeal for art and science by creating dramatic landscapes of unseen worlds.

The mysteries of nature intrigued him at an early age. He received his first microscope at the age of thirteen, and he was amazed by the beauty and complexity of ordinary things, such as insects, flowers and rocks. The microscope transported him into a new dimension. It was like a pair of magic glasses revealing the underlying fabric of reality.
           
Originally a photographer and filmmaker, at the age of 33 he moved from Los Angeles to London to earn a Ph.D. in biomedical research from University College London. Dr. Greenberg was an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California during the 1980’s. During the 1990’s he invented and developed high-definition, three-dimensional light microscopes, for which he was issued eighteen US patents.

Since 2001, Dr. Greenberg has been using his special microscopes to create spectacular landscapes of worlds beyond our everyday perception - worlds where reality is seen as abstract form and color, motion and texture. Greenberg focuses his microscopes on common objects, such as grains of sand, flowers, and food. These everyday objects take on a new reality when magnified hundreds of times, exposing fresh and unexpected aspects of nature. Dr. Greenberg’s images of sand make us realize that as we walk along a beach we are strolling upon thousands of years of biological and geological history.

Greenberg believes that art is a window through which we can embrace science and nature. It is his mission to reveal the hidden beauty of the microscopic landscape that makes up our everyday world. The beauty of nature lies in its consciousness. When we commune with nature, we become conscious of our connection with the universe. The miracles of nature are tangible, and they can be seen directly through the microscope. After seeing Greenberg’s microscopic images of sand, people say they never look at a beach the same way again.

Dr. Greenberg is currently a featured artist at the Science Museum of Minnesota. His exhibit, Exploring the Microscopic World of Sand runs through September 2010. He has authored a fascinating book about sand grains through the microscope – A Grain of Sand: Nature’s Secret Wonder, published by Voyageur Press in 2008.

Profile:

Gary L. Greenberg, Ph.D.
PO Box 792169
Paia, Hawaii 96779
Cell: 808-344-5954
gary@sandgrains.com
www.sandgrains.com

Undergraduate Education:
UCLA (Psychology/Art)

Doctoral Education:
University College London, University of London
(Anatomy and Developmental Biology)

Postdoctoral Fellowship:
University of Southern California
(Developmental Biology)

Assistant Professor:
University of Southern California (1980’s)

Director, Microscopy and Microanalysis Laboratory:
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, Maui Hawaii. (Current)

Inventor:
17 patents for high-definition 3D microscopes

Entrepreneur:
President of Edge Scientific Instrument Corporation developed and manufactured 3D research microscopes (1990’s)

Speaker:
Given over 50 major lectures world-wide

Artist:
Currently exhibiting at the Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul

Author:
A Grain of Sand: Nature’s Secret Wonder Voyageur Press, 2008

Online Articles:

See "Natures Minaitures", an article about the life and work of the artist, published in Hana Hou, the in-flight magazine for Hawaiian Airlines. Download the PDF HERE

Scientific American online – Sand Grains Slide Show – HERE
Discover Magazine Slide Show - HERE

Video:

A Grain of Sand Video - YouTube (low resolution) - Higher Resolution (Download)

WCCO News Video - HERE

Dr. Gary Greenberg's Lecture Series Preview video:
YouTube (low Resolution) - Higher Resolution Apple version (.mov) 50.7MB and Windows version (.WMV) 110.3MB

Radio interview:

With Dr. Gary Greenberg and Stacy Keach by Joe Sutton on Heart of Hollywood MP3 HERE

Paia Youth Center Interview MP3 HERE

Book Reveiws

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