On pristine white paper, a perfect circular mandala radiates from a single explosive center: thousands of tiny, individual graphite dots form a near-solid dark core that pulses with intense concentration. From this dense nucleus, dots scatter outward in precise radial symmetry—density decreases steadily with distance, creating a smooth gradient from near-opaque black at the heart to sparse, isolated points at the crisp circular boundary.
No lines, no hatching, no shapes intrude; the entire form emerges solely through repetition and spacing of these minute marks. The stark monochrome palette—deep velvety graphite against untouched white—amplifies hypnotic clarity and quiet power: the core feels like a point of infinite energy, while the fading periphery evokes boundless expansion into silence.
The composition is perfectly centered and symmetrical, isolated in vast negative space that turns the small square into a microcosmic universe—meditative, cosmic, suspended.
Notice how the maximum density at the exact center draws the eye irresistibly inward to the point of origin, then gently propels it outward along radial streams of thinning dots—creating rhythmic tension between gravitational convergence and serene dispersal, singularity and infinity.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this unique early drawing channels obsessive, minimal gesture to evoke primal emergence: not figure or portrait but pure energetic force—consciousness or cosmic birth distilled to dot-by-dot repetition, intensely present yet dissolving into openness.
How does this radiant dot-cloud exploding from a dark heart stir your sense of origin, meditative stillness, or the quiet poetry of energy radiating from nothing into everything?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing. Graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 11” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2015. Frame not included.
On pristine white paper, a perfect circular mandala radiates from a single explosive center: thousands of tiny, individual graphite dots form a near-solid dark core that pulses with intense concentration. From this dense nucleus, dots scatter outward in precise radial symmetry—density decreases steadily with distance, creating a smooth gradient from near-opaque black at the heart to sparse, isolated points at the crisp circular boundary.
No lines, no hatching, no shapes intrude; the entire form emerges solely through repetition and spacing of these minute marks. The stark monochrome palette—deep velvety graphite against untouched white—amplifies hypnotic clarity and quiet power: the core feels like a point of infinite energy, while the fading periphery evokes boundless expansion into silence.
The composition is perfectly centered and symmetrical, isolated in vast negative space that turns the small square into a microcosmic universe—meditative, cosmic, suspended.
Notice how the maximum density at the exact center draws the eye irresistibly inward to the point of origin, then gently propels it outward along radial streams of thinning dots—creating rhythmic tension between gravitational convergence and serene dispersal, singularity and infinity.
Part of the Force of Nature series, this unique early drawing channels obsessive, minimal gesture to evoke primal emergence: not figure or portrait but pure energetic force—consciousness or cosmic birth distilled to dot-by-dot repetition, intensely present yet dissolving into openness.
How does this radiant dot-cloud exploding from a dark heart stir your sense of origin, meditative stillness, or the quiet poetry of energy radiating from nothing into everything?
Technical notes.
Unique drawing. Graphite on paper. Unframed dimensions: 11” high x 11” wide. Signed by the artist on the back, dated 2015. Frame not included.
