artwork/portfolios > 2011-2013 platonic solids and other geometrics

earth/cube (with six square faces; figure 20b)
earth/cube (with six square faces; figure 20b)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
72 x 72 x 2"
2011
$19500

The five Platonic solids are the only geometric solids that share the following properties: 1) all of the faces within one solid are identical and equilateral, and 2) each solid can be circumscribed by a sphere with all its vertices lying on the sphere.