A
simple Mandelbrot form of concave and convex shapes is rotated with layers
of liquid colour and embedded in a soft gesso ground. The hexagonal grid
evident within the image continues a lattice formation that I have been
investigating for some years. There are also fractal indications at the
juncture between liquid flow and material resistance within many of the
colour applications. While my concern is with structural relations in painting
terms, these images support visual comparison with growth forms in nature.
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'Nature'
Painting #1, 1999 Pigments & gesso on cotton canvas on plywood,
71x71cm..