BITS IN PIECES at Maria Neil Art Project

I’m pleased to announce my solo exhibition BITS IN PIECES at Maria Neil Art Project located in the Waterloo Arts District in the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland.

January 2 – February 15, 2015
opening reception Friday, January 2, 2015 – 5:00pm to 10:00pm

Maria Neil Art Project
15813 Waterloo Road
Cleveland, OH 44110

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My art is inextricably tied to technology; the software to make it; the hardware required of the software to render images; the printer to translate it from computer code to the real world. All these things are required if I am going to be able to make it and share it. There are two forms of digital images,VECTOR and BITMAP. My art resides in the later. The program I use, photoshop, is software for creation and editing of bitmap images. Bitmap images are made up of a map of pixels in a grid.  When I begin an artwork, like pixels in bitmap images, I like to start with building blocks that I will put together. A construction project of sorts. I build with color and shapes, putting  pieces together to build the whole composition. All of these bits amount to much for me. Making these artworks re-energizes me and I hope they do the same for you.

 

Quadrans Circuli 4, 2014

The circle, the most perfect of geometric forms presents me with a challenge. I can’t improve upon it but I can exploit it. How can they be put together to make something new? This is what motivates me when I create circle works. My Quadrans Circuli works take the simple premise of the circle divided into quadrants and orchestrating their composition and color. It’s a formal exercise layered on top of a creative one revealing the duality of my brain.


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Quadrans Circuli 3

The circle, the most perfect of geometric forms presents me with a challenge. I can’t improve upon it but I can exploit it. How can they be put together to make something new? This is what motivates me when I create circle works. My Quadrans Circuli works take the simple premise of the circle divided into quadrants and orchestrating their composition and color. It’s a formal exercise layered on top of a creative one revealing the duality of my brain.

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Quadrans Circuli 3
Quadrans Circuli 3, 2014
Epson Ultrachrome GS Print on Canvas, 54 x 76 inches, ed of 3

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