FOR THE SAKE OF PATTERN
- 2023



A triptych (so far) made purely FOR THE SAKE OF PATTERN, using the CONNECT alphabet as a construction resource with pattern and not words in mind.
A triptych (so far) made purely FOR THE SAKE OF PATTERN, using the CONNECT alphabet as a construction resource with pattern and not words in mind.
Layers of CONNECTED code. A coded play on Robert Indiana’s original concept. Made with the CONNECT MIX alphabet.
Layers of CONNECTED code, constructed in a MIX ALPHABET combining COLOUR and CONNECT alphabets.
I am participating in Oxfordshire ARTWEEKS again this year. My new profile will be available from early February and will be updated through to the festival in May. As usual, my exhibition will be virtual with different perspectives available on my ARTWEEKS profile: artweeks.revad.com and Instagram: instagram.com/codedimages.
UPDATED 2023-03-14: now showing installations 1, 2 and 3.
Is this the final installation for May? Right now it feels good, but with several weeks to go it is impossible to say. Further inspiration can emerge at any time without warning. . .
Today, I made my (now) traditional new rendering of my POWER OF 13 seasonal tree. I started this around ten years ago. The concept was triggered by Sol Lewitt’s ALL IFS ANDS OR BUTS CONNECTED BY GREEN LINES. I just used numbers instead and gave each digit a unique colour, an idea I have used elsewhere in: https://cddmgs.wordpress.com/2018/03/08/100-significant/ . Anyway, here is this years rendition , made using Procreate, on an iPad Mini 6, with an Apple Pencil:
Getting started with the idea of drawing my CONNECT series using a neurographic hand drawn aesthetic. A series I have named as NEUROCONNECT. These early outcomes were drawn on an iPad using an Apple Pencil and Procreate. Some tweaks may have been applied via the iPad version of Affinity Photo. I plan to do some real world drawing in a similar style of fluid mark making.
Six image spaces reserved for posting a transient view. The image in each slot will be changed as and when the mood dictates.
Three images spaces reserved for posting a transient view. The image in each slot will be changed as and when the mood dictates.
Enjoying available materials. Applying gesso with gusto is a ‘secret’ pleasure. The physicality inspires. Drawing with a paint marker, indeed a pen of any kind, is pure bliss. Peeling back the surface layer of the corrugated paper board reminded me of my year, as a sixteen year old, working in a (then) local paper board mill as an apprentice lab technician. Good memories!
Corrugated paper board, gesso, paint marker, acrylic.
So, there we have it, my Artweeks installation is complete. I had planned to post the summary views one per day, this week. But, I now have other things to do, and this forced my hand, so they are all here posted today. In addition, here is another view to summarise the summary. This one image overview is a boon for the lazy viewer! To finish, (I must say) this has been a very enjoyable project. A project where I have created many new outcomes and ideas for continued pursuit. Watch out for derivative outcomes as time passes by.
A seventh iteration, is currently installed at: artweeks This space will continue to change between now and the Oxfordshire Artweeks 2022 40th anniversary festival in May.