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Reynolds’ unpretentious process and modest media consist simply of drawing in pencil and ink on paper. The results are an explosion of linear inquiry and discovery of relationships. These relationships are based in geometry, which one might think would inhibit intuitive discovery. The relevance that Reynolds brings to this discussion is as an artist. In these recent drawings, he has focused on order in increasingly chaotic conditions, resulting in stunning analytical drawings.
Left:
“Circle/Square/Triangle Series: For Spinoza, 12.15”
2015
Graphite and ink on paper
17 x 14 inches
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Right:
“Minor Third Series: Three Squares, 2.6.21”
2021
Graphite, colored pencils, and ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
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Right:
“Minor Third Series: Three Squares, 2.17.21”
2021
Graphite, colored pencils, and ink on paper
17 x 14 inches
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Right:
“Minor Third Series: Circles and Phi, 11.18”
2018
Graphite and ink on cotton paper
24 x 18 inches
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Right:
“Minor Third Series: Three Circles, 3.14.21”
2021
Graphite, colored pencils, and ink on paper
14 x 11 inches
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Left:
“Polygon Series: the 3-, 4-, 5-gon Progression, 3.21.21”
2021
Graphite and ink on blue tinted cotton paper
15 x 11 inches
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Right:
“Marriage of Incommensurables Series Serlio and KCW Triangles, Triple Root Five, 6.21”
2021
Watercolor and ink on cotton paper
24 x 18 inches
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Right:
“Marriage of Incommensurables Series: the Serlio and KCW Triangles, 4.21.21”
2021
Watercolor and ink on cotton paper
24 x 18 inches
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Left:
“Phi Series: Order Chaos Meeting III, 6.21”
2021
Watercolor, ink, graphite on paper
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“The work develops as much from an artistic and creative process as from any pre-planned calculations, although the perimeter ratio is always predetermined in order to define the specific geometric system I will be working with. It is through an organic process of overlays, tracings, revisions, exploration, and experimentation with geometric systems—specifically, certain ratios and proportioning systems found in rectangles, squares, and triangles—that I have been able to produce the drawings and paintings presented here.” —Mark Reynolds