Monday, June 29, 2009

Creative Process Variations - Stop and Smell the Linseed

Thanks for taking a moment to take in my ramblings about digital art, life and a few words about the creative process.

I include Linseed in the title as a bit of a joke. Even though I do know what it smells like, and what it's used for, all of my art is created in a virtual studio that lives inside the PC box on my desk. It's not real, until I choose to transfer the abstraction to some physical medium, such a photo emulsion paper or perhaps pigmented ink on canvas. Until that time, it's just a bunch of ones and zero arranged in a cute, artsty way.

This, however, gives me a lot of freedom to explore variations on themes, with the added bonus of creating works that show well in diptych, triptych or larger configurations. Without spending a fortune on Linseed Oil.

The ditital medium also allows me to create variations that while different, all carry the same base mathematics and underlying geometry. As a result, the works seemingly "fit" with each other, and can be naturally arranged to draw on those subliminal currrents.

So, for your enjoyment, some thematic variations (all are available for sale)...