Elizabeth Whiteley
Paintings: Works on Canvas
Works on Canvas
These paintings on canvas reflect my interest in geometric shapes and my ongoing use of mathematics for subject matter. For many of them, I apply a formal grid system which I designed using the principles of dynamic symmetry as described by Jay Hambidge in his book The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry. To arrive at the geometric imagery, I work back and forth between 3-D folded forms and 2-D drawings of them.
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Square Root Two: Shapes IV
acrylic painting on canvas...composed within a √2 proportioned area...features shapes created by folding √2 areas along lines determined by the geometric principle of dynamic symmetry...exhibited in “Ars Scientifica”, an international group show at the ISIS Interdisciplinary Symmetry Congress in Alexandria VA in 1995...38” x 48” (97.5cm x 123 cm)...© Elizabeth Whiteley