On Perception, Reflection, and a Year within the Golden Spiral

Announcing a New Project: “On Perception, Reflection, and a Year within the Golden Spiral”

On Samhain, Día De Los Muertos, the celebration of ending, of death and remembering, my independent study On Perception, Reflection, and a Year within the Golden Spiral begins. On Perception, Reflection, and a Year within the Golden Spiral will consist of works alternating between art that illustrates essays, which I will work on every week…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 365

One Year Later Part 3: The End Acrylic on canvas A project is nearly born, only a few more words, a few more strokes of brush on canvas, and CognEYEzant:365 will be finished. Finished. This week, as I sat down to write and reflect on the end of this gargantuan, year-long project CognEYEzant:365, I realized…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 341

Imagination and Reality or Chromoluminarism: Inspired by Neo-Impressionism Acrylic on canvas In 1886, art critic Félix Fénéon coined the term Neo-Impressionism. The movement began with Georges Seurat’s painting “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.” Seurat used a painting technique called “divisionism” or “chromoluminarism”: instead of mixing colors, Seurat placed colorful dots next to each other…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 331

Rajmohan Gandhi: Turning Potential into Reality Ink, India ink, watercolor, gouache on paper Nearly one year ago, spring brought out my restless self, a self who needed dedication and focus, who needed meaning and inspiration. So, I looked behind me, in my past–mostly–and there, art was set aside on a shelf, unpracticed and waiting. In…

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CognEYEzant: 365

Day 1

Summer Solstice Ink pen and graphite on paper About CognEYEzant: 365 365 days, 365 pieces. Every day, for 365 days, I will be making a creative representation of an eye. The eyes may be from my imagination, studies of artworks, of people I know, or gathered from people I’ve met on the street.  I chose…

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