Square Series

I make use of the symmetry in all directions but then, sometimes deliberately offset some components. I am using polygons and circles and often triangles are filled with colour or appropriate images that work well together. The colours are usually picked out from the photographs, but then - not always!

Vanda Blood Orange

March 10, 2024

The square is divided by a golden rectangle that is occupied by the image of a Vanda Orchid captured amidst the lush scenery of the Kandy, Sri Lanka botanical garden. The colours of the sub divisions within the square are extracted from the vivid palette of the orchid’s petals.

Road Rain

November 11, 2022

Drops splash the walking path and the blinking eyes are unfocused. The wet asphalt road reflects the house hedges. When the rain comes we don’t hide our heads.

Cooling Pool

July 17, 2022

Pool under the windy trees. On the surface the reflections blend under the hot air. 12 sides enclose the shapes of colour from sky to ground.

Asphalt Series #3

February 18, 2022

Within a nine sided figure (nonagon) we have 2 images of street asphalt combined with colours. Triangles and rectangles are used to form a complete asymmetric structure.

Asphalt series no 2

February 8, 2022

All those asphalt repairs in the road and on the path - they form interesting geometries themselves, but then I add my own structure and juxtapose the textures with plain colour. Those asphalts have colours as well - they are not just black and grey. See what I mean.

Rainday

January 9, 2022

In the rain, we see water on the window and when we go out to the street, the pavements shine in their wetness. The geometry in this image used the hexagon as the basic form and then adds shapes and colours and images taken on some rainy days.

Lapped Sand

December 24, 2021

The tide pushes up the beach and covers the sand we remembered. Sea shows the sky colours but sand yellows are still just there between the ripples. The water is lapping gentle waves with light catching the edges.

Rushes, Reeds and River

April 8, 2020

The boundaries of the water and the bank; the trees, the reeds and the reflections when the water is still. This image uses the hexagon and the square as the basic underlying structure - then triangles of colour and photographs combined.

Rust on Chain Links

April 7, 2020

Corrosion seems like a negative thing; wasting away and dirty. But, actually no; rusted metal is rich in colour and texture and in this image I use some images of rusted chains that I have taken in sea locations. These images form the inspiration for the colours that I use in this structure. You will see squares, hexagons and triangles as well as a rhomboid shape.

Sky Trees

April 6, 2020

Trees reaching out to the branches in the sky. We walk with head up noting the contrast between bare branches and sky. Here is a spring day before the leaves come.

Shore Pebbles, Rocks and barnacles

April 3, 2020

The shoreline is a rich observational space for colours and forms. I love the way that the tide washes over the different elements and wetness changes everything. I am inspired by the forms between the land and the sea and adding my geometry and extracting colours from the fragments is one of my endeavours.

Lake, river, pond

March 29, 2020

The rippling surface
Reflecting land and sky
A feather floats

Wheat, grasses and fern

March 25, 2020

Yellow flowers in the grass
Wheat fields for harvest
Ferns in the forest

Sea, Sand, and Dunes

March 15, 2020

Skyline meets the sea
Wind waves the water
Dunes above the rippled sand

5 Triangles with leaves, spring grasses and orange flowers

March 3, 2020

Spring Grasses with yellow
Dense Greens In woods
Orange Flowers contrasting with the greens

3 triangles reds and yellows

February 28, 2020

In a restaurant one evening a bowl of tomatoes on the counter caught my eye and I used this photo together with others that I have taken of berries and other tomatoes to make this geometric collage. I am using a hexagon (6 sided symmetrical figure) to arrange 3 triangles.

Greens, browns and yellows

January 8, 2020

Ferns and Grasses
Wheat fields ready for harvest
Dense pine trees sap smell intense