Abstract Colored Pencil Series

I started this series of abstract geometric drawings in order to test my new colored pencils for the first time. While most of my previous abstract art has been asymmetrical, the symmetry of a grid provided an ideal backdrop for liberating light and color as subjects. Forcing myself to obey symmetry and repeat patterns helped me constantly derive novelty from repetition, as each drawing undergoes its own evolution within its limits. In this series every line is completely hand-drawn, without straight edges or measurements, and adjusted layer by layer until the shapes stabilize and the colors glow with energy. From drawing to drawing I have iteratively developed new curiosities, observing how geometric compositions direct the viewer to repeatedly choose between taking in the surface as a complete whole and parsing through its elemental parts, its underlying anatomy. As the series has grown the drawings have begun to respond to each other in exciting ways, and I look forward to taking these drawings as far as I can.