Variegraph #127 (Turbulation 2) Print

In 1989, I became captivated by the luminous properties of an unusual type of finger paint that had been given to my young son. Experimenting on glossy paper with the Surrealist technique of decalcomania, I discovered I could produce an endless array of vivid abstracts which surprised me with their mesmerizing interplay of colour and line. Over the next decade, I occasionally exhibited originals and prints of these images—which I called “variegraphs” for their vibrant linear and prismatic complexity—but it wasn't until the turn of the millennium that I began to explore the possibilities of selective scanning and computer manipulation. This initial phase of digital variegraphy lasted not more than a year or so before I began sampling and layering details of the altered images to see what would emerge. These new processes yielded mandala-like squares which could be repeated to create entrancing patterns. I called the hallucinatory results of this next generation of vareigraphy “tryptiles.” Along with their slightly divergent “varietile” form, they have remained the principal mode of my artistic adventuring ever since.

Printmaking:Acrylic on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:30 W x 30 H x 0.1 D in

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