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12 x 12 inches (30 × 30 cm)
Acrylic on Board, 2025
MN-034
1996, in junior college Figure Drawing II class, Monica shares how the human form is made up of only convex shapes. Any concave shapes are actually a result of two convex shapes next to each other.
My brain takes that in and relates it to atoms and molecules, and to the rhythms of fractals and chaos theory. I was really into the science of how the world makes choices in growing structures.
All patterns of life repeat. They repeat on the microscopic and continental levels, and everything in between. Think of how fern leaves and river tributaries mimic their shape and structure in the most delicious ways.
The circles and spheres of the building blocks of matter start showing up in my work around then. Do I draw the figure in my Figure Drawing II class, or do I draw the molecules that make up the matter of the figures? It was a major question for me at the time, and something I carry with me today.
The building blocks of life are as important to me in my art as are painting forms my senses can detect. The “both, and” of the patterns and molecules and the shape, color, and texture of life.
This painting captures the feeling of hiking in the mountains, with only the color blue everywhere I look.
12 x 12 inches (30 × 30 cm)
Acrylic on Board, 2025
MN-034
1996, in junior college Figure Drawing II class, Monica shares how the human form is made up of only convex shapes. Any concave shapes are actually a result of two convex shapes next to each other.
My brain takes that in and relates it to atoms and molecules, and to the rhythms of fractals and chaos theory. I was really into the science of how the world makes choices in growing structures.
All patterns of life repeat. They repeat on the microscopic and continental levels, and everything in between. Think of how fern leaves and river tributaries mimic their shape and structure in the most delicious ways.
The circles and spheres of the building blocks of matter start showing up in my work around then. Do I draw the figure in my Figure Drawing II class, or do I draw the molecules that make up the matter of the figures? It was a major question for me at the time, and something I carry with me today.
The building blocks of life are as important to me in my art as are painting forms my senses can detect. The “both, and” of the patterns and molecules and the shape, color, and texture of life.
This painting captures the feeling of hiking in the mountains, with only the color blue everywhere I look.