Estrella de la manana Morning Star Metal Print
by Doug Johnson
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Estrella de la manana Morning Star metal print by Doug Johnson. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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My artistic journey, in the shadow of Arreguin, has been guided by Mayan mathematics and cosmology. While both the Maya and their Greco-European... more
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My artistic journey, in the shadow of Arreguin, has been guided by Mayan mathematics and cosmology. While both the Maya and their Greco-European counterparts gazed up at the same stars and recognized the same constellations, the Maya developed their own advanced calculations from the heavens, and this is apparent in their calendar and measurement of time. The Maya measured the 584-day Venus cycle and calculated that five cycles of Venus equaled eight 365-day Earth cycles.
My artwork has also been influenced by other parallels between the Maya and the European civilizations. It is fascinating that the Maya independently discovered the concept of zero, a number essential for algebra and higher mathematics, yet absent from many human cultures. The grid pattern of this work (as in Arreguins Tierra y Libertad) acknowledges the parallel development of higher mathematics in the two civilizations.
This piece borrows its subject and composition from Venus at a Mirror by Pete...
About Doug Johnson
Doug Johnson as the founding editor of Cave Moon Press, started helping poets with book design, illustration and artwork ten years ago. He has been drawing since he was a teenager and was fortunate enough to encounter Alfredo Arreguin an internationally renowned painter who encouraged him to keep drawing. He has two series you have here on Fine Art of America. His more developed pieces are part of the Sombra de Arreguin series (Shadow of Arreguin) as he continues to study the style of his master, like artisans did in generations past. His other series is called "Cracked Pots" in which a single line drawing comes from a terracotta pot to combine human and organic forms. Originally started as a gift to his younger sister as a...
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