About Art/Designer

Born: September 21, 1951 in Greenville, Mississippi. In 1952, my family relocated to Detroit, Michigan, where I attended Wayne State University and Control Data Institute. I spent the last 50 years as a software engineer, mainly in graphic design. From 1999 to 2004, I ran a digital imaging and printing business called “Gicee Atlanta”.

Everything is Design. Design Is Everything

I am a born designer and a creative and visual thinker. I look for the whole picture in everything. To me, the universe is “design”. Life, nature, minerals, plants, insects, animals, humans, books, cars, houses and buildings, computers – or any system of knowledge are all “design.” This means that I have a definite affinity for art that includes color, light, shadow, and texture, but I prefer a good mixture of geometric structure and text. For example, cityscapes with organic and man-made elements such as plants, grass, buildings, vehicles, infrastructure, signs, and people. My earliest design influences were the ancient Egyptians, Vincent Van Gogh, and Leonardo Da Vinci. The style I developed over the last 20 years is a convergence of all my artistic, intuitional, and intellectual interests.

The Geometric/Impressionistic Art Style

The style I developed over the last 20 years is a convergence of all my artistic, intuitional, and intellectual interests. In 2004, I decided to develop an art style that reflects my design sense. I believed that nature creates beauty and that art and beauty are not random occurrences. When nature sets out to create apples, it creates apples every time. It does not mistakenly create peaches or roses. In other words, nature is intentional, purposeful, and systematic in its design of life. Likewise, my approach to creating art must be systematic and intentional.

By studying sacred geometry, I discovered some of nature’s design methods. Nature uses math and geometry, such as the “golden ratio (1.618)”, also called the “divine proportion,” to create living things. I call the golden ratio the “beautiful division.” (Hence, the name of my company, “Beautiful Division of Space, LLC.)

Also, nature uses golden geometric shapes to create and divide space, such as golden spirals, rectangles, squares, triangles, pentagons, etc. The result is that nature can create beauty simply through the asymmetrical division of space. This division is separate from visual aspects such as color, light, shadow, or texture. 

By applying these and many more geometric methods, I created a style I call “geometric impressionism.” The result is a style that combines three layers of visual information. A color shapes layer, an object shapes layer, and a geometric divisions layer. Similar to impressionist art, the color shapes are placed next to each other to simulate continuous tones and colors. The geometric layer uses golden patterns to divide the objects and spaces of the composition.