PRESENCE

I intend to take my work further by adding more structure to it. This will be accomplished by introducing one or more outer circles to the cluster that normally occupies the centre (see below) or side corner of my paintings. This will allow a much stronger compositional arrangement and also could be adapted into a series of works.

The photographs here illustrate the first part of this process, which is the stage that I would usually get to, however, where the thread dots become thinner, I am now going to be introducing an outer circle/cluster. 

This idea came about while I was designing some greeting cards. I would use some cut out shapes and position them next to each other to then form a sequence of concentric circles. The overall image would appear somewhat symmetrical, but it is not exactly symmetry I'm after, I need a structure that contains my work and gives it a certain order. 

I want to achieve an effect that would be rather impossible to achieve by using paint splashes, yet I hope that the viewer will question such possibility...and for a moment even see it materialised before their eyes.

'Presence', work in progress, thread on canvas, 20x20cm