Entanglement
This piece of art is the 2nd in a series of 15" x 15" paintings. Before
discussing its title here shortly, I will first say that choice did not come
easily! I say this because oftentimes a work of art can tell a variety
of stories depending on both the artist's and the viewer's perspective.
The two titles I vacillated between were: "Entanglement" and "Lighted
Journey." When considered separately, each tells a different story. For
reasons I will explain, I have chosen "Entanglement" as the title for this
piece.
As you look into the complex network of "paths" leading over, under and around
four "macro" designs, it also is interesting to note the many openings
originating from the four sides of the india ink drawing. A solid ruled
line frames all these. The challenge (for me) was to terminate all these
paths at the border of these four macro-designs such that they continued
to have open end points at the borders of those designs themselves.
Additionally, there were eleven areas about the size of a nickel whose
double-lined borders needed to accommodate pathway end points.
I tried to balance the location of these nickel-sized areas over the entire
piece AND then consider a ray-system eminating from each. This system of
rays actually are thin spaces (no borders) which were intended to appear as
spaces between tinted colors
The macro-designs themselves contain a collage of various favorite patterns
which (if looked at carefully) are replicated in their diagonally arranged
counterpart design.
The overall effect is one of entanglement -- even incompletion as far as its
balance of color goes. The "rays" dictated for me where the color would be
placed, but I actually was not certain of how that color placement would affect
the painting's symmetry as a whole. I was not displeased (double negative)
with the asymmetry because it seemed to support the effect of the
imbalanced complexity itself - hence the title "Entanglement."
An equally interesting title would have been "Lighted Journey," but it
appeared more of an entanglement than anything else. The nickel-sized
blotches of darker hues could be viewed as light sources from which rays of
light eminate over the complex path or "journey" in the life of the piece.
This positive perspective still can be seen as one looks at the piece.
Upper-left detail below
Upper-right detail below
Lower-left detail below
Rower-right detail below
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