INSPIRATION
The Universe is governed by codes programmed into our beings and surroundings from the infinitesimally small to the infinitely large that seems to be governed by the imagined mathematical patterns created by us. It allures us to comprehend the logic and rules that govern the reality within the realm of natural and existing phenomena: movement, mass, shape, sound, light, growth and genetic patterns. We are coaxing the Universe to talk to us, connect the imaginary to the real and ponder the depths of its structure, patterns of existence, intricacies, interdependence and uniqueness of creation. To unravel some of its mysteries, we have created and continue to develop language systems that blend the domains of shape, numbers, science, music, history and religion, each with its symbols. Symbols, a product of our eternal curiosity and thousands of years of adaptation and assimilation derived from patterns seen in nature,  are inherent to who we are and convey deeper meanings about our existence. These usually have a central core or axis and appear to us in all aspects of life: the Atom, the Sun, the Earth, the Moon, the trajectories of planets, planetary systems, galaxies, the cycles of life to our networks of interactions with friends, family and communities. The Mandala, meaning 'encircled essence', symbolises this concentric shape and is seen worldwide in cross-cultural traditions and societies. Prescient in its structure is a pattern of existence, something new that does not yet exist, where we are a part of its intricate design, the world that extends within and beyond our bodies and minds. 
The ancient world had established trade routes and saw much travel that led to sharing knowledge, philosophy, art, and architectural styles with shared origins and ancestry that arose from a transfusion of thoughts and ideas. This collective consciousness of diverse cultures borrowing the same elements from nature and our surroundings has led to the synchronicity of thoughts and ideas: which is the source for the symbols in the 'Interactions series'.
PATTERNS IN NATURE

​PATTERNS MATHEMATICAL

​PATTERNS EVERYDAY

​PATTERNS CULTURAL PHILOSOPHICAL
INTERPRETATION- COLOURS AND SYMBOLS
​The power of telling stories using 'symbols' enables us to relate to something greater than ourselves. The Interactions series of paintings is a global language of symbols, an integrated world view of inclusivity, transcending borders, racial and religious biases. It ties scientific and philosophical concepts: space, structure, movement, light, energy and thought. It is an immersion and interpretation of the multitudinous codes of the Universe and the 'symbols' created by humankind that have parallels and common ground across cultures and beliefs worldwide.
​MALE AND FEMALE INTERDEPENDENCE
Seen in many world religions and philosophies are the duality of the complementary nature of existence and non-existence, the origin of the universe, its creation, and regeneration. Analogies of this concept of male and female interdependence are used as symbols of creation, seen as fertility or creation symbols such as the Yoni-Lingam in Hinduism and the Ying- Yang in Taoism.

​​The arrow a masculine principle: The paintings use arrows to create direction and movement. Arrows are solar symbols that depict the sun’s rays and direction. A flight of arrows signifies the movement of time and an ascent to the celestial. The arrow is in essence a triangle, a symbol for a mountain. Triangular headed arrows point to the future. They represent virility, the sun’s rays and lightning. 


​​The flower a feminine principle: The shapes in the painting are created using rotational geometry to convey the floral form of the Lotus or Rose, a symbol of creation, new life and beginnings. The Inverted Triangle is a feminine lunar symbol.
THE COLOUR WHEEL

​A colour circle traditionally used in art, based on the hues Red, Yellow and Blue. Sir Isaac Newton developed the first circular diagram of colours in 1666. Since then, scientists and artists have studied and designed numerous variations of this concept
Primary Colors: Red, Yellow and Blue. In traditional colour theory, primary colours are the three pigment colours that cannot be mixed or formed by any combination of other colours. Other colours are derived from these three hues.
Secondary Colors: Green, Orange and Purple, are the colours formed by mixing the primary colours.
​​Tertiary Colors: Yellow-Orange, Red-Orange, Red-Purple, Blue-Purple, Blue-Green & Yellow-Green, are the colours formed by mixing a primary and a secondary colour. That's why the hue is a two-word name, such as Blue-Green, Red-Violet, and Yellow-Orange.
​As a representation of racial harmony and interaction, the paintings are conceptualized around the colour wheel, essentially a mandala in form. The addition of light and dark creates a range of values in the hues of the receding and raised spaces, adding another dimension. When rotated about the centre, the triads, the foundation for the paintings in the colour wheel leads to the primary, secondary, tertiary, and an infinite range of colour combinations. This endless mixing of colours is analogous to the intermingling, interaction and mixing of races.
SHRI YANTRA MANDALA 

The Shri Yantra is a microcosm and a macrocosm, the 'primal pair', the twin forces of creative energy- androgyny. The nine interpenetrating triangles signify the creative activity of the male and female, the four upwards-pointing (Male) and the five downwards-pointing (Female) represent the creation of the universe. The 5th female triangle, a counterpart of the 'absolute', remains to unite with the unrepresented, invisible, nameless and formless—the vanishing point or dot amidst the triangles. The square with four gates in the Yantra represents the four directions, and the circles depict plurality and infinity surrounded by lotus petals, a symbol of creation. 
The Interaction paintings use the floral concentric form as symbols of creation and the basic shapes seen in the Shri Yantra: dots, triangles, circles and squares. 
THE HEXAGRAM

The star of David, the Hexagram represents infinity in space and like the Shri Yantra is based on the interdependence of opposites: the upward and downward pointing triangles, representing the union of male and female.
​Yin-Yang

A symbol of creation and complementary interdependence of opposites, The Taoist Yin-Yang is seen as a wave separating the Circle into two halves, black and white, male and female. A 'wave' exists if there is a crest and a corresponding trough, the creation of one being dependent on the other; if either ceases to exist, so does the other creating a straight line, no longer a wave. The dots indicate androgyny, a portion of the male in the female and the female in the male. Energy in all its forms (heat, sound or light) needs waves for its transfer; The existence of the Mind, Power, Reality, Space and Time is dependent on waves.​
The paintings translate this interdependence of opposites with positive and negative shapes using a contiguous solid side and the void.The outlines of the positive (existent) shape determine the shape of the non-existent form.​
INTERPRETATION- SHAPE AND MOVEMENT
All the paintings are created with a single line that starts and ends at the same point. They also follow movement patterns depicted by arrows that show: direction, progress, the passage of time, and interactive patterns such as churning, revolving and spiralling. These symbolic associations convey completion, unity, and continuity of life cycles and creation.
Colours, forms and ideas used in the paintings:
•    Four triads from the colour wheel (The Primary, The Secondary, and the two Tertiary groups). 
•    Basic shapes (Triangle, Circle and Square), 
•    The interaction of the negative and positive arrow shapes to highlight a  movement or direction (Linear in two directions, radiation in and out towards a central point, and clockwise and anticlockwise). 
The three paintings within a triad group are of three different colours but follow the same shape; this highlights our changing perceptions with changing forms and colours.
PRIMARY INTERACTION
​​​This group of paintings follow a triangular form and comprise the three primary colours: Red, Yellow and Blue. The square is divided visually into two triangles representing the interrelationship of arrows creating linear movement in two directions. The seven arrows making the positive form move in one direction, and the seven arrows making the non-existent space move in the opposite direction.
SYMBOLISM: Triangles are the smallest polygons that combine the mathematical and metaphysical principles of harmony in the cosmos and as arrowheads represent the ascent to the divine. Triangles represent the trinity of: creation, preservation and destruction. Trinities have different meanings and interpretations around the world. 
PATTERNS: Sierpinski triangle, Tetractys, Pascal's triangle, Celtic Triquetra, Interlocking triangles, Hexagram
SECONDARY INTERACTION
​​​This group of paintings follows a circular form and comprises three secondary colours: Orange, Purple, and Green. The circular structure and rotational geometry represent the interrelationship of arrows creating radial movement in two directions. The twelve 'arrows' of the positive space radiate outward, and the twelve 'arrows' belonging to the negative (non-existent)space radiate inward; reflected in this interacting pattern of 'arrows' are the shapes of the petals of a blossoming flower, a symbol of creation and new life.
SYMBOLISM: Seen in Planets, life cycles, infinity, movement of wheels and time, acoustic sound patterns - Chladni, blossoming flowers such as the Lotus, Rose and Lily, circles represent the creation process in most cultures.​
​PATTERNS: The Moon, Clock faces, the Wheel, Gears, Rose windows, Ground plans in architecture.
TERTIARY INTERACTION - WINDMILL
This group of paintings follows a square form and comprises three tertiary colours: Red-Orange, Blue-Purple, and Yellow-Green. The square form with four quadrants enclosed in a larger square uses rotational geometry. The eight arrows belonging to the positive space move clockwise, and the eight arrows created by the negative space move anticlockwise.
SYMBOLISM: Squares represent the four directions, foundations, stability, order and the four seasons. 
The Windmill is a solar symbol, one of harnessing energy. ​Seen in mathematics and cultural symbols worldwide, it takes on various forms, for example, in the visual proof of mathematician Fermat's theorem that follows the pattern of 4n+1 primes and the Ulam spiral.
​PATTERNS: Fermat's Windmill, Slavic Rece boga, Lightning bolt, African Nkontim, Aztec cross, Greek cross
TERTIARY INTERACTION - DROMENON
​This group of paintings follows a square form and comprises three tertiary colours: Yellow-Orange, Blue-Green and Red-Purple. The square form in the pattern of nested squares encloses a central 'square'; analogous to the unravelling of the secrets of our universe. The arrows belonging to the positive and negative spaces move in both clockwise and anticlockwise directions.
SYMBOLISM: Squares represent the four directions, foundations, stability, order and the four seasons. The Dromenon symbolises networks and connectivity seen in the pattern of Spider webs, Neural and Arterial systems. Its maze or labyrinth form depicts the journey through life, from the outer world to the inner sacred centre, the point of return and departure— the heart. It represents expansion and contraction from which multiplicity collapses back into unity. 
​PATTERNS: Circuit networks, Roman Labyrinths, Dromenon, Chakravyuha, Hopi Indian Labyrinth, Transport networks
INTERPRETATION- NUMBERS AND CREATION
​To help us communicate, we have created and continue to develop numerous systems: numbers, symbols and language. In the Interactions series, basic shapes such as Triangles, Squares, Circles and Spirals are used in conjunction with number systems tie scientific and philosophical concepts 
  • The singularity of the self
  • The duality of complementary sides
  • The trinity of creation, preservation and destruction
  • The quaternity of direction to 
  • the plurality in our beliefs ​
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PRIMARY INTERACTIONS
SECONDARY INTERACTIONS
TERTIARY INTERACTIONS- WINDMILL
TERTIARY INTERACTIONS- DROMENON

PRIMARY - INTERACTIONS INVERSE

Painting details
Interactions Series is a Set Of 13 Paintings 
Size : 160 cm X 160 cm (Frame Size)
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
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