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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Composition 1
acrylic painting on canvas with cotton cord embedded in the gesso...composed within a √3 proportioned area...includes a shape created by folding a √3 area along lines determined by the geometric principle of dynamic symmetry...exhibited in a solo show “Paintings and Works on Paper” at Arnold & Porter in Washington DC in 1993...exhibited at the Center for Physics in College Park MD in 1996...28” x 48” (71cm x 123cm)...© Elizabeth Whiteley
