SACRED GEOMETRY
This group of paintings is largely the result of my recent study of ancient and Pythagorean geometry, sometimes referred to as Sacred Geometry because it goes beyond a description of spatial order to an analysis of the basic structure of the universe, and the metaphysical laws that govern it. I have been interested in humanity’s place within that universal structure, and humanity’s relationship with the metaphysical, the spiritual, the sacred.
Sacred Geometry provides a wealth of symbolism. Since ancient times and across a wide spectrum of cultures the circle has been a metaphor for God, the Creator, or the spiritual unity. Two interlocking circles can signify the joining of spiritual, universal consciousness with the empirical. A triangle, the most basic form of surface, can be a pathway to the abstract idea of the metaphysical as well as to the square, representing the physical realm. Many geometric functions are progressions from one simple form to more complex multiples, and these progressions can represent growth from one cell to many, or from a complex form built upon the basic, to the function of the physical relationship between living entities and the structures that govern them, and even on to the relationship between our human consciousness and the metaphysical.
In this study and practice there are unknowns or not completely definable principles that reflect the mystery of the spirit in us, and I have been interested in preserving some sense of that mystery; the mystery and the sacredness in our everyday lives.
Sacred Geometry provides a wealth of symbolism. Since ancient times and across a wide spectrum of cultures the circle has been a metaphor for God, the Creator, or the spiritual unity. Two interlocking circles can signify the joining of spiritual, universal consciousness with the empirical. A triangle, the most basic form of surface, can be a pathway to the abstract idea of the metaphysical as well as to the square, representing the physical realm. Many geometric functions are progressions from one simple form to more complex multiples, and these progressions can represent growth from one cell to many, or from a complex form built upon the basic, to the function of the physical relationship between living entities and the structures that govern them, and even on to the relationship between our human consciousness and the metaphysical.
In this study and practice there are unknowns or not completely definable principles that reflect the mystery of the spirit in us, and I have been interested in preserving some sense of that mystery; the mystery and the sacredness in our everyday lives.
