One Squared, aka Homage to the Weed

Title:  One Squared, Homage to the Weed      
Size:  34" Wide x 55" Tall
Medium:  Oil on Canvas

Date:  JUL 2010

No Longer Available


We have this bizarre concept that we're individuals.  We think of ourselves as separate.  See the man?  He's like the number 1....alone, singular, even vertical and narrow....and they both hide themselves.  The man (or statue) turns his back as if rejecting the rest of this overgrown world.
 
     The Weed, on the other hand, stakes its claim to this handful of dirt.  A lowly weed, but straight and bold...certain of its place, understanding of its oneness in a way the man cannot...the oneness of pure consciousness.  Without thought.  It has no concept of separateness and so is closer to what is real than all our thoughts added together.

     Plants frequently --- not always --- follow the Fibonacci series of numbers in their growth patterns and in their symmetry.  If you count the number of leaves on a plant, you'll find the Fibonacci numbers...1 - canna blossom, 2 - a pair of opposite leaves,  3 - a clover leaf, 5 - the pentagon shape in an apple core...or 55 seeds going in one direction & 89 seeds going in the opposite direction in a sunflower. 

     I call this painting ONE SQUARED because...well, you can't really turn a one into a square, but I already painted ONE painting called ONE....so, in contemplating calling it One, II, ONE TWO, ONE SECOND or ...well...ONE SQUARED came into my consciousness.  ONE times ONE is always ONE.  To square it is as insignificant as adding zeros.....as insignificant as a WEED.

This particular weed is Vicia grandiflora, commonly known as Vetch.

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Size:       34" Wide x 55" Tall
Medium: Oil on Board

Date Completed:  2007

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Two

Painting Title: Two

2007

42" w x 34" t Diptych (each piece is 21" x 34")

Acrylic on Board

Available through Fly Coop Studios, Asheville, North Carolina

To evoke a sense of the number 2, this piece was painted on 2 panels. The 21" width and 34" height are in the Fibonacci Series of numbers, making their relationship approximating the Golden Ratio…the space is then divided into that relationship. The lower portion has strips of space that are broken down into Fibonacci Series dimensions also. The 2 large black dots were the Glyph used by the Mayans to depict the number 2. It is important to retain a sense of humor when dealing with all this, so included in this painting is this bit of silliness which reads: tea for two, couples, dos equis which is pretty good beer…2 sides to every story, 2 sides of the bed which actually has four, as well as 2 halves in a whole, 2 ends to every length, and humans have 2 legs, 2 arms, 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 2 breasts. The 2 of Clubs is the lowest card in the deck. If you wear a tu-tu, you might dance a pas de deux. 2 wings on a bird. 2 tusks on an elephant. A 2 is necessary for the concept of opposites. It’s the first even number. Words for the number 2 in different languages used throughout the painting: Ancient Greek: duo Anglo-Saxon: twegen Aramaic: tareyn Armenian: erku Avestan: bae Baltic: dy, dyj Breton: diou Chinese: er Danish: to Dutch: twee English: two, distich, deuce, double,doubleton, due, duo, pair, twain, yoke, binary, brace, couple, couplet, duad, dyad, span, twosome French: dau German: zweni Old High German: zwene Gothic: twai, twa Hebrew: bet Italian: deux Indian: dvi, ashvin, yamala, Yugala, netra, bahu, Yama, qulphau, paksha Japanese: ni, putatu Korean: tul Latin/Roman: dos Lithuanian: du, dvi Oscan: duo, duae Old Erse: dau Old Icelandic: tveir Old Saxon: twene Polish: dwa Romanian: do Russian: dvau, dva, dvi Church Slavonic: duva, duve Sanskrit: dvau, dva, dvi Scots Gaelic: dwy, dau Spanish: doi, dos Swedish: tva Thai: song Tokharian A: ta Tokharian B: wu, we Welsh: dow