My name is Ted Lyddon Hatten. I am an artist.
My work is best described as theopoetic and multidisciplinary.
As a visual artist, I work with a variety of media, favoring those that are gratifying to work with and bring additional layers of meaning. The materials I use include myrrh, liquefaction, coffee grounds, beeswax (encaustic), dry pigment, egg tempera, grain, gunpowder, glass, sand, and salt.
I use photography as a tool to explore the world, and to express my work—particularly installations, dry painting, and other pieces that are inherently ephemeral.
The themes that recur for me include beauty, brokenness, compassion, justice, and belonging. Fields of inquiry for me are ornithology, neuroscience, visual perception, theology, natural science, and color theory.
My studio, Dovecote Studio is located in Indianola, Iowa.
My work has been seen here:
Festival One (New Zealand)
Yale Divinity School
Loyola University Chicago
Drake University
Carnival de Resistance
Quad City Art Center
Cairn University
United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities
San Francisco Theological School
Purdue University
William Jewell College
Wild Goose Festival
Drew Theological School
Simpson College
Eastern Mennonite University
Kinsler Institute
The United Methodist Church General Conference
You can contact me here.
And follow me on Instagram: @tedlyddonhatten