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August 2, 2009

No more things...

Combined process with cement, on canvas. 40" x 30"

This painting is a stranger to me.
When I'd finished it, I had no idea what to call it.
So I took a book off the shelf, opened it and pointed.

This is what I read:

Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary.

Attributed to William Occam c.1280-1349

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August 1, 2009

I like Plato's idea ~ that everything can be represented by number.
If you look at things as vibrational frequency, this makes a lot of sense.

In John King's wonderful book 'The Modern Numerology – A Practical Guide to the meaning and influence of numbers' he lists the attributes of significant numbers.

One that caught my imagination was 1271 —
1271 in the Greek system of numerology, means Stavros (the cross*); E Gnosis, the knowledge of God.
*The cross is a very interesting symbol, of which more later.

This painting hangs in the living room of @lizbeth33 and it couldn't have a nicer home.

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July 8, 2009

2 appearing

Oil and water based paint on canvas, 18" x 14"

A sad day....when 2 arrived.
No longer just One.

Separation began.

On a happy note –
This only happened
in the mind.

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July 3, 2009

0.333*

Oil on canvas, 14" x 18" – 2008

0.3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333*
where * = recurring

The idea that a number never ends, is very expansive....
....and that little asterisk is very powerful!

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June 22, 2009

Colour Birthing

Cement and oil on canvas (+oil pastel), 48" x 60" – 2007

The vertical colour swatch, matches the silk tassels of a Tibetan Tankha that hangs in the shed.

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June 14, 2009

dividing

Oil on canvas, 30" x 24" – 2009

The mind loves to dissect and analyse the past
...there is no future in this.

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June 13, 2009

Entheos

Oil on canvas, 30" x 30" – 2009

Our word 'enthusiasm'
has as it's root in the Greek word 'entheos',
meaning 'divinely inspired'.

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June 8, 2009

un-known

Cement and mixed media on canvas, 30" x 40" – 2009

The prefix 'un' implies a negative or non-existent state
ie un-seen, un-usual, un-expected, un-known.
In order to get from the un-known to the known
it is necessary to pass through zero
....or is it infinity?

(sometimes, an ugly mark is really useful)

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June 7, 2009

Akashic

Oil and graphite on canvas, 48" x 60" – 2005

Akashic ~ A theosophical term referring to a universal filing system which records every occurring thought, word, and action (past, present and future). The records are impressed on a subtle substance called akasha (or soniferous ether). In Hindu mysticism, this akasha is thought to be the primary principle of nature from which the other four natural principles, fire, air, earth, and water, are created. These five principles also represent the five senses of the human being.

There is a hidden message
can you see it?

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June 2, 2009