paintings
Many of these are what
I call "Human Algorithm" artworks. I take a simple idea
about filling space, adhere to one or two rules, and then design
the piece. Concepts such as organic growth, organization, and
positive/negative fields are explored. With a bit of human chaos
introduced into the design process, the rules become seemingly
more complex, and in turn new ones evolve.
There is
a Chinese word, Li, which essentially means "principle"
or "pattern". It is the word used to describe the markings
in jade, or the impressions in sand where water once flowed, for
example. It describes the dynamic quality of nature, captured
in a snapshot, frozen in form and structure. This has its corollary
in the West in evolutionary art, the most notable of which being
fractals and fractal geometry. I realized that much of what
I had been painting intuitively since 1989 was in fact a mirror
of these dynamic processes in nature, like aggregation, vasculum,
phyllotaxy, fracture, variegatus, and so on. From a basic rule
or idea, iterated through time, flows a complex system or pattern.
Ideally, each piece draws the eye around the scene to view the
various parts, moment-by-moment, and simultaneously aesthetically
pleases as a totality.
Timbres
40" x 30"
1989
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Cavern
48" x 36"
1996 |
Wisps
30" x 20"
1990 |
Hue Study II
two 12" x 24" panels
1998 |
Algorithm
II
20" x 16"
1993 |
Algorithm
XVI
30" x 40"
2002
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Hue Study I
24" x 24"
1997 |
Algorithm X
24" x 18"
1995 |
Algorithm XI
36" x 24"
1996 |
Algorithm V
20" x 16"
1993 |
Algorithm
XIII
15" x 19"
2001 |
Algorithm
XVII
40" x 30"
2002 |
Algorithm IX
20" x 16"
1996 |
Algorithm VI
18" x 14"
1993 |
Algorithm III
20" x 16"
1992 |
Algorithm XII
23" x 17"
2000 |
Algorithm
XIV
23" x 19"
2001 |
Boundaries
24" x 48"
2001 |
Algorithm VIII
20" x 16"
1992 |
Algorithm I
16" x 20"
1991 |
Algorithm IV
14" x 18"
1994 |
Algorithm VII
14" x 10"
1994 |
Hue
Study III
20" x 16"
2000 |
Texture
Study
24" x 48"
2002 |
Balance
20" x 30"
2004 |
Mosaic
16" x 19"
2004 |
Flowers
17" x 20"
2005 |
Dodex
24" x 24"
2006 |
Sunset
16" x 16"
2006 |
Nonduality
18" x 36"
2007
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Texture Study VIII
30" x 30"
2007
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Texture Study IX
22" x 28"
2008
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Lines
18" x 36"
2008
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Love Hands
24" x 48"
2008
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Interiority II
16" x 20"
2008
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Acousma
48" x 36"
2008
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Algorithm
XVIII
30" x 40"
2002 |
Texture
Study V
24" x 48"
2003
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Texture
Study II
24" x 48"
2002
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Texture
Study IV
30" x 30"
2003 |
Heart
24" x 17.5"
2003
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Miasma
36" x 36"
2008
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Texture
Study VI
10" x 20"
2003
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Texture
Study III
48" x 36"
2002 |
Air
Can
28" x 20"
2003 |
Interiority
24" x 48"
2007
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Texture Study VII
20" x 28"
2007
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Interiority III
two 36" x 6"
panels
2008
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Untitled
20" x 28"
2008
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Chasm
36" x 36"
2008
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Gold
14" x 11"
2009
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Ceci n'est pas une Pollock
16" x 19"
2009
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Winsome Losesome
two 11" x 14"
panels
2009
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Physics
30" x 24"
2009 |
