Clifford Singer
Continuity is a mathematical picture, originally produced in 1998
after I attended A&M 98, U of C, Berkeley. The painting was produced
as 36 x 36 inches, acrylic on plexiglass which I had hand drawn with
mechanical drafting tools and no computer. This particular version, I
have produced in 2021 and in process from May through October. The
work imagines oceanic waves after viewing diagrams of such waves. The
result is an integration of mathematical curves; arc, circle, spiral,
strophoid, polynomial function; and straight lines involving XY axis,
diagonals with collineation. This image was used for the printed
announcement for the exhibition Art & Mathematics 2000, The Cooper
Union, New York, NY which I was Curator and Editor.
The No.10 weight canvas is stretched on a custom wood stretch made
by Simon Liu, New York. The colors I have power mixed with various
pigments including: ultramarine blue, red oxides, ivory black,
etc. The polymer paint formulation is permanent acrylic.