Dr.
Neder hails from a rather divergent home; his father was an engineer eventually
retiring as a VP in Bechtel, and his mother garnered multitudes of international
acclaims for her artistic expertise in Sogetsu Ikebana, textiles and watercolor.
Growing
up he followed his fathers bent initially becoming licensed to operate
Naval Nuclear reactors, and eventually earning a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Psychology slowly lost favor and after practicing for about 10 years he
totally changed his life direction from a science based existence to an
artistically based lifestyle and built his own glass blowing "hot
shop".
Given
his fairly unique foundation in engineering, academics and esthetics he
designed and fabricated an artistic environment that allowed him to blow
glass without the assistance of a large team of support artists. Short
of Michelangelo or daVinci few other artists can make that claim and virtually
no other glass artist can given the dimensionally large scale that Dr.
Neder operates within.
His
art is widely recognized by galleries, merchants and collectors all over
the world for its scale, vibrancy and fluidity. It represents the creative
energy that could not find full expression in other careers that left
him longing. He believes that glass is simply a medium to produce a “look
at me” response that he tries to infuse into every piece he creates. “I
believe that true art will always stand out from the mass of uninspired
effort, no matter if it is Psychology, glass, wood, music or one's relationship
with God, you may not visually comprehend why the work is “compelling”
but it nonetheless grabs your attention."
