Body, Mind & Soul, incorporates the concepts of my “Windows of Color” and “Sacred Geometry” series into a new, large format oil painting series, as well as developing new symbolism for life from geometry. The idea for the “Sacred Geometry” series is loosely based on the concept of “squaring the circle”. The expression “squaring the circle” is sometimes used as a metaphor for doing something logically or intuitively impossible. This becomes the challenge in each complex overlapping of the geometric shapes. The concept of the “Windows of Color” series tries to combine realism with abstraction by looking at realistic subject matter, like landscape, the figure and still life through abstract “windows”. Combining of the many geometric/organic shapes, color schemes and textures into one coherent design and incorporating the “illusion of depth” into the two dimensional painting, I am trying to create different “windows”. This concept is created by manipulating the more “concrete” Elements of Art: line, color, value, texture, shape, form and space with the abstract concepts of the Principles of Design. I also incorporate color contrast into the designs by using different concepts of basic color theory, as well as, the contrasting geometric shapes with the organic shapes in the compositions. This Body, Mind & Soul series combines all these concepts and also explores symbolism and spiritualism by representing the human body, mind and our spiritual nature with the different geometric designs. For example in Body, Mind and Soul 2 the geometry in the upper right side is the geometry of Leonardo da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man and the Golden Ratio as it could possibly be seen in a 3 dimensional form and represents the human body. The circular arc represents the dividing line between the physical and the spiritual nature of human beings. The geometry of the shapes behind the smaller landscape rest on this dividing line and represents the complexity and multiple layers of the human brain. The colorful organic shapes flow over and combine with the modified geometry based of Joseph Alder’s Homage to the Square series and represents the human soul. The complex background becomes almost more visual and important in the image then the subject matter in the windows and adds another level of complexity and interest to the composition. These are concepts for the viewers to contemplate and place their own life meanings and experiences. All of this and the elaborate backgrounds are used to portray the beauty of our physical existence with landscape as a proof of the creative force in the universe.
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