selected archived portfolios > 2011-2013 platonic solids and other geometrics

form/octahedron mapped into cube (figure 21)
form/octahedron mapped into cube (figure 21)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
48 x 60 x 2"
2011
$10000
XQZT (exquisite)/pyramid
XQZT (exquisite)/pyramid
acrylic and pencil on canvas
48 x 60 x 2"
2011
$10000
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
$18000
periodically tiled equilateral triangles (figure 94)
periodically tiled equilateral triangles (figure 94)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
24 x 24 x 2"
2012
$2000
water/icosahedron (with twenty triangular faces; figure 20e)
water/icosahedron (with twenty triangular faces; figure 20e)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
72 x 72 x 2"
2011
$18000
octahedron (figure 51)
octahedron (figure 51)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
24 x 24 x 2"
2012
$2000
circle within an equilateral triangle within a circle/HAHA
circle within an equilateral triangle within a circle/HAHA
acrylic and pencil on canvas
60 x 60 x 2"
2012
$12000
air/octahedron (with eight triangular faces; figure 20a)
air/octahedron (with eight triangular faces; figure 20a)
acrylic and pencil on canvas
72 x 72 x 2"
2011
$18000
space/octahedron with cube
space/octahedron with cube
acrylic and pencil on canvas
24 x 24 x 2"
2011
$2000

These paintings were inspired by ideas of sacred geometry, and specifically by Plato's hypothesis in his dialogue "Timaeus", where he outlines how the classical elements were made of these regular solids. I interject art historical references and contemporary abstraction.