Behind the Canvas: Triangulations – Quiet Facets
Some shapes follow you through life. For me, it's the triangle.
I can trace this obsession back further than most — to a piece of my mother Grace's pottery, dated 24.3.1956, which I decorated as a student with a repeating pattern of triangles. There's something about the form that has always felt right to me: simple enough to repeat indefinitely, yet capable of generating real complexity once linked edge-to-edge.
The Triangulations Series
Quiet Facets is the latest work in my ongoing Triangulations series — a body of work that explores what happens when you commit to a single geometric unit and follow it wherever it leads.
This painting begins with a quiet grey-and-tan lattice that spreads across most of the canvas. It's restrained, almost meditative. But look closer and you'll find small interruptions: an outlined square here, a solid red or yellow triangle there, a sudden run of stripes. These aren't accidents — they're the moments where the system breaks open.
No Sketch. No Plan.
One of the things I find most compelling about this series is the process. Quiet Facets had no preparatory sketch. It grew outward from a single starting point — one mark leading to the next — until I felt the work was complete. There's a real tension in that approach: you're building structure without a blueprint, trusting the logic of the form to guide you.
The result is a painting that feels both ordered and alive. The geometry holds everything together, but the colour breaks through in just the right places.
About the Work
Triangulations: Quiet Facets is an original acrylic painting on canvas, 32 × 24 inches, signed by the artist. It is available now as a one-of-a-kind piece, ready to hang.