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12 Pick

10 Reach

9 Cross

7 Float

6 Sing

3 Rake

2 Punch

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The articulated planes of the Townscape paintings are based upon compositions I developed as geometrical abstractions within a square.  I decided to do a better job of documenting the compositions for possible reuse in future paintings and this is the result. The conceptual base has six square planes cut out based on a geometrical ordering system and laid on top of one another. To visualize the composition I gave each plane a different color and a specific place in the stack. Working from the back to the front, they are black, blue, gray, yellow, white, and red. As I documented the ones I had already done, I began to see the possibilities of these compositions as paintings in their own right. This led me to consider transparency and rotation as additional elements to redefine the six original planes. I want each painting to be seen as a three dimensional kinetic description of a simple action.