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My paintings are derived from a source of contemplation and fascination with the wonders of an awesome logic that exists in nature. Having a passion for numbers and logical systems, I observe them everywhere in the things that surround me.
I see an aesthetic order of compositional dynamics in wild tree branches nestled in strange and compelling arrangements. I see a divine order in what seemingly appears to be random chaos. This is what I want to imitate and emulate. To show the value of this Divine Order in its purest beauty is the inspiration that guides my spirit. Painting is my map to this place of reason and intention.
from the Essay “Philosophy, Painting and the XOI Principle”
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I was in high school when I came across something that has driven me for over thirty years. It came to me one day while looking at bowling pins. My idea formed from the numbers that add up to ten. I have given this concept of order and sequence the name “The XOI Principle”. To me, this is the principle that governs the Laws of the Universe. It is said in Chinese philosophy that by concentrating on the higher laws you acquire the power that underlies them. It is also a fundamental fact of consciousness that we take on the attributes and energies on which we focus our attention.
So it is with my paintings.
The XOI Principle is a concept that I have been trying to articulate in drawings, writings, and designs for over twenty years. The XOI Principle can be explained in a similar diagram to the baryon decuplet. By observing the points of connection you will see that X-O-I like the bowling pins, if placed in order of 1- 2- 3, etc., works as a unique form of algorithm, similar to Cantor’s Continuum Hypothesis. Both structure a logical system of infinite expansion and contraction, contained in a viable and logical matrix. Stephen Wolfram’s “Mathematica” is another axiom system that shows order in what seemingly is an infinite construct. It in turn organizes chaos into order in the form of simple and complex algorithmic systems. This universal order is also described by the Chinesein the word Wu Li. Wu Li describes physics as “patterns of organic energy that reflect a universal order existing in nature”. In the logic of Wu Li, or in the definition of a word, we come to understand synchronicity. As we understand synchronicity we recognize coincidence as the coinciding connection.
from the Essay “Philosophy, Painting and the XOI Principle”
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I appreciate most the impact of the moment in painting, the magical place where sparks fly. This is the point where we experience the awesome potential of the chi in painting. The Chinese describe chi as a l ife force. To me, it is through this intentional force of spirit combined with a moment in time that our soul emerges in the gesture itself.
journal entry
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The principle of Singularity is best explained as the continuity of a singular purpose within a multitude of tasks and information.
from “Defining Synectics”
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For thousands of years the Jews have called it “T ikum Olam,” Healing the World. It is a deep seeded need of the human experience for the efforts of one’s work to have an influence that l ifts people upward. Almost any profession, but most certainly the clergy, science, medicine and journalism have this most important virtue principle to their foundation. As many would say that art is about the need for self expression, I would argue that for some, the need for self expression is matched only by the intention to make a contribution and that however small it is, that in some way “heals the world.” When artists make a more cognizant effort to recognize this very important aspect of their experience, I believe that art as a whole will grow by leaps and bounds. When artists begin to embrace this idea that art must have a purpose greater than self expression, art wil l become such an important component to the human experience, that artists wil l again become the true visionaries of civil ization. In short, without a clear purpose for our efforts as artists we will continue to fall short in what could be our most important task of “healing the world.”
from the Essay “Cry of the Snow Lion”
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| Education |Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, FranceMinneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MNSummit Academy of Fine Art, St. Paul, MN
| Collections | partial l isting
Merrill Lynch, Minneapolis, MNMarriott Hotel Corporation, Rochester, MN; Salt Lake City, UTRadisson Hotel Corporation, Chicago, IL; Moline, IL; Minnetonka, MN; St. Paul, MNSheraton Hotel, Bloomington, MNSmith Parker Law Firm, Minneapolis, MNSunstone Hotel Corporation, Santa Ana, CAJohnson Media Group, Minneapolis, MNJohnson Grossfield, Minneapolis, MNMidway National Bank, St. Paul, MNSebastian & Associates, Eagan, MNAckerberg Group, Minneapolis, MNGarden of Eden, David Judakin, Los Angeles, CASt. Paul Port Authority, St. Paul, MNPfingsten Publishing, Cleveland, OHBennett Katz, San Francisco, Palm Springs, CAGary & Susan Grandmaison, San Francisco, CACornell Moore, Minneapolis, MNThomas Johnson, Minnetonka, MNJay Applebaum, Minnetonka, MNRobin Johnson, Minnetonka, MNJerry & Judy Brill, Minneapolis, MNLarry & Shirley Zipkin, Minnetonka, MNDr. Mark Wanderman & Dr. Chris Benson, Minnetonka, MNMarc & Debbie Grossfield, Minnetonka, MN
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Richard Schneider, Rapid City, IAMike & Sara Badaurer, Minnetonka, MNDavid Sebastian, Eagan, MNWilliam Strifert & Julie Sinykin, Minnetonka, MNJerry Burns, Minneapolis, MNSteve Kalin, Minneapolis, MNBrad Davis, Detroit Lakes, MNEd & Linda Barresh, Scottsdale, AZJoe & Barbara Collins, Pebble Beach, CAEric & Nora Rotier, Minnetonka, MNJoan Byhre, Edina, MNJohn Martell, Santa Cruz, CADr. Steven Plager, Santa Cruz, CADr. Carl & Phyllis Maruzak, Pacific Palisades, CAKelly & Elisa Thomson, La Jolla, CADiane Keith, Palm Desert, CAHenry & Barbara LaBounta, West Vancouver, BC
Dr. Rodney & Claudia Wishnow, Long Beach, CASteve & Pat Rosvold, Vancouver, WABill & Peggy Cohen, Palm Springs, CAGreg Garbin & Ken Denhard, Alamo, CABarry Berg & Scott Ellingboe, Minneapolis, MNRichard & Diane Cohen, Palm Desert, CAIrving Budlong, Edina, MNSteven Freeman, Minnetonka, MNPhyllis Sperling, St. Louis Park, MNLarry & Barbara Sonsini, Palm Desert, CATom & Terri Burke, Plymouth, MNJeff & Carolie Lewis, New Ulm, MNMike & Paula Flom, Plymouth, MN
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George Caswell & Karin Martinson, Minnetonka, MNGeorge & Mary Sissel, Denver, COMichael Gudalowski & Bonnie Boits, Palm Desert, CABarbara Fredrickson, Edina, MNEric Smith, Cleveland, OHSteve Andersen, Minneapolis, MNEric Johnson, Chicago, ILRichard and Lisa Rotenberg, Palm Desert, CAPeter Nauert, Santa Fe, NMRob Brook, Scottsdale, AZGretchen B. Ventura, Minneapolis, MNJim and Maria Cockrum, Scottsdale, AZBob and Denise Delgado, Phoenix, AZJim and Mary Piccolo, Scottsdale, AZRon and Jennifer Dillee, Amarillo, TXDisdale Design, Surry, EnglandDorothea and David Cohen, Scottsdale, AZJim and Mary Piccolo, Phoenix, AZTerry Boden, Paradise Valley, AZBob and Denise Delgado, Paradise Valley, AZDr. Ron and Jennifer Dillee, Amarillo, TXDr. Howard and Elizabeth Pitluk, Phoenix, AZJim and Maria Cockrum, Scottsdale, AZFrancis and Fernandez Gonzalez, San Juan, Puerto RicoDr. David Greene, Phoenix, AZ
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2007 OK Harris Works of Art, New York, NY2007 Onessimo Fine Art, Palm Beach Gardens, FL2007 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, Palm Desert, CA2007 Hernandez Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ2007 Ogilvie/Pertl Gallery, Chicago, IL2007 Gallery Moda, Santa Fe, NM2006 Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA2006 Modern Masters, Santa Fe, NM2006 Hernandez Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ2006 Modern Masters Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA2005 Art Chicago Navy Pier, Chicago, IL2005 Flanders Gallery, Minneapolis, MN2004 Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA2004 Desert Wolf, Palm Desert, CA2003 Art Chicago, Julie Baker Fine Art, Grass Valley, CA2003 Windsor Gallery, Dania, FL2003 Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN2002 Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA2001 Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art, Maui, HI2001 Elizabeth Edwards Fine Art, Nantucket, MA2000 Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA1998 Atrium Design Center, Ranchero Mirage, CA1997 Sidney Bechet Center for Visual Arts, Garches, France1995 Gallery Massijiro Ltd., Fukuoka-Ken, Japan1995 Minneapolis Institute of Art, Art in Bloom, Minneapolis, MN1994 Scholes Fine Art, Edina, MN
| Exhibitions | partial l isting
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The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life: Volume 1 by Drunvalo Melchizedek
The Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life: Volume 2 by Drunvalo Melchizedek
The Bible Code by Michael Drosnin
The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav
The Dead Sea Scrolls by G. Vermes
The Divine Proportion by H.E. Huntley
Divine Proportion: Phi In Art, Nature, and Science by Priya Hemenway
Egyptology: search for the Tomb of Osiris by Candlewick Press
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene
The Emerald Tablets of Thoth the Atlantean translation and interpretation by Doreal
The Fourth Turning An American Prophecy by William Strauss and Neil Howe
God and the New Physics by Paul Davies
God is a Verb by David A Cooper
The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World’s Most Astonishing Number by Mario Livio
How to Know God by Deepak Chopra
The I Ching or Book of Changes by Brian Browne Walker
In Search of Lemuria by Mark R. Williams
Living in the Heart: How to Enter into the Sacred Space Within the Heart by Drunvalo Melchizedek
Mathematics from the Birth of Numbers by Jan Gullberg
Morphic Resonance & the Presence of the Past by Rupert Sheldrake
Multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner
The Mystery of Aleph by Amir D. Aczel
A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram
The Notebooks of Leonardo DaVinci by Edward MacCurdy
The Power of Intention by Wayne Dyer
| Partial Bibliography | includes references for painting titles
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The Road to Reality by Roger Penrose
Sacred Geometry: Deciphering the Code by Stephen Skinner
Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice (Art and Imagination) by Robert Lawlor
Sacred Geometry (Wooden Books) by Miranda Lundy
The Soul of a Butterfly: Refelctions on Life’s Journey by Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali
The Tao of Physics by Fritjof Capra
Wizardology: The Secrets of Merlin by Candlewick Press
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
| Partial Bibliography | includes references for painting titles
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