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1. Gestural lines: Three sets of waves are envisioned as passing across the canvas. The first functions in the initiator role, representative of what is primary in my thinking at that time. The second is a primary ‘observer’ role, one who witnesses and perceives intent in the initiating gestural content. The third wave represents a nature essence, a counter and healing aim toward the ‘exchange’ initiated by the first two sets of waves. Each wave-set originates from off scene (off canvas).
2. A storytelling evolves within the artist’s eyes. Delineation detailing and completion of thought, circumstance, memory, toward a unified vision. The final outcome may be primarily influenced by any of the initial three influences - initiator/observer/nature-healer. (In Jungian practice this allows the individual to enter into an unconscious vision while awake and is specifically used within that practice to evolve mandalas as representative of thought activity. The concept of ‘mandala’ is not intentionally part of my initiation within this process.
A mandala is a geometric design that symbolizes the universe, and is often used for meditation and spiritual practices. The word "mandala" comes from Sanskrit and means "circle".
3. Particular tools and approaches: I enjoy making use of a perspective reversal - a representing of a small item or distant figure in significant detail, while a larger figure upfront may recede into a suggestive mode without extensive detail. These variations become an image story driver for me of what can be left behind and overlooked. As in experience, an apparently insignificant incident or encounter may grow into profound effect, such as how an uninvolved passerby can become a focus of an impact or expression. I do blend observational detail into evolving images as they appear, so the results have a blending of interpretation, and often compounding intent.
2. A storytelling evolves within the artist’s eyes. Delineation detailing and completion of thought, circumstance, memory, toward a unified vision. The final outcome may be primarily influenced by any of the initial three influences - initiator/observer/nature-healer. (In Jungian practice this allows the individual to enter into an unconscious vision while awake and is specifically used within that practice to evolve mandalas as representative of thought activity. The concept of ‘mandala’ is not intentionally part of my initiation within this process.
A mandala is a geometric design that symbolizes the universe, and is often used for meditation and spiritual practices. The word "mandala" comes from Sanskrit and means "circle".
3. Particular tools and approaches: I enjoy making use of a perspective reversal - a representing of a small item or distant figure in significant detail, while a larger figure upfront may recede into a suggestive mode without extensive detail. These variations become an image story driver for me of what can be left behind and overlooked. As in experience, an apparently insignificant incident or encounter may grow into profound effect, such as how an uninvolved passerby can become a focus of an impact or expression. I do blend observational detail into evolving images as they appear, so the results have a blending of interpretation, and often compounding intent.
