Mirror Pool

Acrylic on canvas [101 x 76cm]

An image of no thing. A thing between all categories of things, a visible nothing like hearing silence. A potential something, energy contained but not yet used. Ripples through emptiness, that with time fills the blank surface with colour.

These images first appear in my mind, with eyes closed I continue to see patterns of shifting geometries. I understand these structures as innate. All building is an external mirroring of some kind of internal architecture, and to mirror is to understand.

©ADG2019

Wizz Fizz

Acrylic on canvas [101 x 76cm]

A much larger iteration of the Sequence Error series, I am very happy with the result I have made and feel I am approaching a better understanding of this work. The colour selection and arrangement is becoming closer to what I have previously imagined.

I have learned a lot with this one and am looking forward to further refinement and variation. 

©ADG2019

A mind of its own

Acrylic on canvas [51 x 40cm]

This study is a translation of my Posca work (previously painted on board) to industrial acrylic on canvas, and is the first time I have painted on canvas for a few years.

I have made this transition to allow further variations of colour through the mixing of paints, and using this technique I will also be able to increase the scale of the work.

The use of brushes resulted in more unpredictable moments in the application of each line of colour, distorting the sequence in subtle and fascinating ways.

©ADG2019

Star Sequence

 Acrylic and ink on board [122 x 61cm]

Pen and pencil on grid paper


Every star starts its life as a cloud of dust and gas.

This work is a continuation of the compositions previously made using Posca paint pens. 

The sequence of this painting is a single line of shifting colour folded within the boards bounding format. The painted corridor snakes across the surface of the picture like a maze with no wrong turns. Paint is applied one section at a time beginning at top left, moves thought the centre, and ends at the bottom right corner.

Three colours, two end points, one line.

©ADG2018

The Night Before

Feeling very lucky to have been included with this amazing group of artists.
I'll be showing some new work.
One weekend only.

Static Animation

Acrylic on board [93 x 60cm approx]

The drawing for this paining requires working through many repetitive variations until the final composition is discovered. The relationship between the format of the board and the line-work has to be exact, as any variation shifts angles and distorts the overall figure.

In searching for new compositions within different containing shapes, I find myself rediscovering this same figure as viewed from different angles. This is something to think about.

©ADG2018

Two Rocks

Acrylic and ink on board [60 x 45cm each]

I have been playing with simulated rock surfaces for a while now, but these are the first two paintings that utilize all I have learned in these previous experiments. The flat trompe-l'œil is achieved by following a logical sequence initiated in the drawing phase.

A rectangular area is divided into six segments, of three pairs of unique shapes, arranged with rotational symmetry. By removing the edges cut from the rectangular template I push the composition into a more rounded form using flat curves. Tonal values of light to dark follow from top left (lightest) to bottom right (darkest). Applied in many transparent layers a neutral green gray is made by mixing complementary opposites of red/pink and yellow/green.

I am fascinated by this whole process, from start (line drawing) to finish (rock) and intend on producing more in series, building towards some kind of rock wall.

©ADG2018