Interaction - Primary Blue Painting

“Interaction Series of Paintings” The paintings are based on the concept of the Yin –Yang, The Yin and Yang of Geometry. Each painting is divided by a single continuous line starting and ending at the same point, dividing a square in two sections representing male and female, creating an illusion of a complex set of patterns, a mandala. “The interdependence” of a crest and a trough forming a wave is reflected in the two sides of the painting, with one side raised and the other receding. A wave is created only if there is a crest and a corresponding trough, the creation of one being dependent on the other. As a representation of racial harmony and interaction I decided to conceptualize my creation around the color wheel, which essentially represents the mandala, the interaction of colors creating new colors, the addition of light and dark in the receding and raised spaces adding yet another dimension to the hues giving it a range of values. The series consist of groups of triads, “The Primary”, “The Secondary” “The Tertiary” and so on. I have interpreted each level of interaction with a greater degree of complexity focusing on a different basic geometric form. The realization of the interrelationship between two elements to form a third unique element was the pivot in choosing the color wheel. The traditional Hindu Shri Yantra is formed of intersecting triangles surrounded by lotus petals within a square with four gates, I picked this idea with the use of the triad within the color wheel which when rotated about its center gives the next set of triads therefore the primary the secondary and the tertiary going on to an infinite range of possibilities. Over the years of my study of global architectural forms and buildings has helped me to simplify this idea of complimentary and interdependent spaces and hence visually the use of a depressed area and a raised area of the Yin-Yang. The raised arrows interact with the depressed space and the depressed arrows interact with the Raised space. The primary interaction: This series comprises of three paintings based on triangular from in red, yellow and blue the primary colors. The square is divided into two triangles visually representing the interrelationship of triangles connected by channels in two directions creating a linear form. The Secondary Interaction: This series comprising of three paintings based on the circular form in Orange Purple and Green the secondary colors, The mandala itself reflecting the shape of the lotus with petals radiating inward towards the center to outward towards the periphery creating an interacting radial pattern. The Tertiary Interaction series comprises of six paintings based on the square form with two sub groups, the Swastika and the Dromenon in six tertiary colors. The Swastika: “The gammadion cross” is an ancient eastern auspicious symbol of good fortune and well being which in essence is a cross with the arms bent at ninety degrees along the periphery. It is a symbol seen in most ancient cultures in the east and in Greco Roman cultures. The Dromenon: “the thing done,” The dromenon represents a journey from the outer world to the inner sacred center where the Divine is found. Dromenon is the running, repetitive action of ritual, whose meaning is not its destination but its pattern. The Swastika and Dromenon suggests movement and progression.

Painting:Acrylic on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:51.2 W x 51.2 H x 2 D in

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