RESONANCE

#1116, Resonance Strategy (60 x 2 +1), 36" x 36".

Largest piece of 2011, combining the (now) 60 formulas discovered thus far this season. This is a "resonance strategy" work, meaning that unity is suggested by repeating each formula somewhere else at a distant point in the composition (11 rows x 11 rows = 121 cells, so 60 formulas doubled make 120, with one formula that doesn't repeat).

If one takes the time to really look, it's interesting to choose one cell and then search the field to find its "twin." (click to enlarge)

WARM

#1115, 14" x 14"

Sometimes creativity is a matter of thinking "I wonder what will happen if I..."- and in this case - "...combine all the warm formulas in one piece."

Once again it was a matter of cataloging - selective cataloging here - choosing only the warm formulas discovered thus far in the season and running them down from left to right in order of discovery.

This unity of purpose provides a unity of expression to the eye, and despite its clinical origin, altogether it appears to harmonize into a focused "statement."

BEAUTY FOR BEAUTY

#1105 - Diptych Commission.

Created at the request of a collector in Orange County, CA.

She chose several of the formulas that she wanted and left the rest to me, based on her pattern and color preferences. Each component 9"x 12", the arrangement determined by the dimensions of the space she wanted to fill. Scale and proximity inviting intimacy.

(Click to enlarge.)

I CONTINUE TO CATALOG

#1104 - 24"h x 18"w.

Here I continue to catalog successful formulas (the best results culled from hundreds of tests).

Each formula is notated with a number for reference, and this piece, along with #1101 (posted earlier) will serve as a "key" for future pieces through the 2011 season.

It is a purely practical exercise - with successive formulas running down vertically from left to right without regard for the appearance of the overall composition - so that the relationships within the totality are actually random.

Sometimes I like to be surprised.

MY KEEPER (Formula #11-72)

One of my favorite "single dot" pieces of 2011. Successful deep blue/purple formulas are rare - and the complexity of this particular expansion event has yet to be repeated. Such is the mercurial nature of my endeavors in this process.

I allow myself the luxury of keeping a few special pieces for myself each glue season (may-november) and this is one of them. (Click to enlarge.)

MODULAR INSTALLATION, FRESH PAINT ART, CULVER CITY, CA - MAY 2011

A demonstration of the flexibility of single-dot and small multi-dot pieces when combined in a dynamic arrangement. My thanks to Helene Brown and her talented crew for this spectacular installation.

#1101, 24"h x 18"w, watercolor and ink suspended in polyvinyl resin glue.

The 2011 glue season begins in earnest with the completion of this first large glue painting.