WITH A HOUSE BEREFT OF ANY OF MY WORK I CONSIDER MY NEXT STEP IN MY "ARTISTIC CAREER"...AFTER MUCH CINSIDERATION I DECIDE THAT I HAVE TO FIND ONE WORD THAT DESCRIBES THE BULK OF MY OUT-PUT TODATE AND THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT MY FUTURE OUT-PUT IN THE VISUAL ARTS...THE THREAD THAT LINKS MY LIFE'S WORK AND I HIT UPON THE WORD "GEOMETRISM"...AT THE AGE OF ELEVEN I COULD NOT READ BUT I WAS GOOD AT SOLVING PUZZLES AND I RECALL IN MY YOUTH LOOKING AT IMAGES IN A BOOK ON PROJECTIVE GEOMETRY BY RUDOLPH STEINER AT A TIME WHEN I WAS STILL ALMOST ILLITERATE...THROUGH OUT MY LIFE I WAS ALWAYS IN AWE IN GEOMETRIC PATTERNS AND IN MY LATE TWENTIES I TOOK UP CHESS AND IT DID BECOME A BIT OF AN ADDICTION FOR A WHILE...SO I THINK GEOMETRISM APTLY DESCRIBES WHERE I AM AT!
IN THE WINTER OF 2009/2010 I DECIDE TO HAVE AN EXHIBITION ENTITLED "GEOMETRISM" WHICH WOULD INVOLVE GATHERING TOGETHER WORKS THAT I HAD ON CONSIGNMENT IN VARIOUS PLACES AND TO CREATE FACSIMILES OF PIECES THAT I HAD BURNED OR THAT WERE LONGER IN MY OWNERSHIP WITH THE AIM OF EXHIBITING ABOUT 25 PIECES...SO I BOOKED THE GALLERY IN "THE ST. IVES ARTS CLUB" FOR MID OCTOBER 2010.
FROM THE ASHES THERE IS A POSITIVE STEP FORWARD (A RESSURECTION)...GEOMETRISM IS ABOUT TO MAKE ITS MARK! "THE MANDALA" IS TRANSMUTED YET AGAIN TO BECOME ALL MY FUTURE OUT-PUT OF ART- WORK STARTING FROM LATE SPRING. I KNEW THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF WORK GETTING TOGETHER AND FRAMING ALL IMAGES SO I PLANNED TO CREATE JUST 3 NEW IMAGES DURING THE SUMMER PRIOR TO THE EXHIBITION... EVERYTHING WENT LIKE CLOCK WORK...EVEN THOUGH I WAS CONSTANTLY CARRYING PAINTINGS TO & FRO ON THE LOCAL BUSES & WORKING ON A SHOE STRING...
THE EXHIBITION STARTED AT: 10am ON MONDAY 11th OCTOBER AND "I SAT IN FOR THE DURATION" i.e. DAILY UNTIL SATURDAY 23rd OCTOBER ( I HAD NO FORMAL OPENING)...FORTUNATELY I HAD A FEW SALES AS AT THE START OF THE SHOW I WAS ALMOST INSOLVENT...WITH FAITH YOU CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS! THE MANDALA WILL BE SUBLIMATED IN ALL THAT I DO...
NUMBER TEN IS A NICE ROUND NUMBER AND THIS SAGA HAS NOW ENDED IN PART:10...OF "THE MANDALA"!
HERE IS JUST ONE OF THE PICTURES (RECENTLY PAINTED) FROM THE SHOW ENTITLED: "OVERLAYING RECTANGLES. 2010"
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PS: HERE IS A LINK TO COMMENTS THAT I HAVE MADE ON THE ARTS AND POLITICS ON ARTICLES GLEANED FROM THE GUARDIAN NEWS PAPER HERE INTHE U.K.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/user-comments/peterhugomcclure
