https://www.hneufeldart.com/gallery-two-other-cruciform-paintings daily 0.75 2017-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505419460927-COUSJTVPVYL3LPMHZP8T/FullSizeRender-01+copy+2.jpg Other "cruciform" or "mandala" shaped paintings. - "Kandinsky's Point" 2015 I've given three different perspective views so you can see the bas-relief facets in the Structure more clearly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505419460927-COUSJTVPVYL3LPMHZP8T/FullSizeRender-01+copy+2.jpg Other "cruciform" or "mandala" shaped paintings. - "Kandinsky's Point" 2015 I've given three different perspective views so you can see the bas-relief facets in the Structure more clearly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507229621304-27F83GQQ4V25YAID13IF/FullSizeRender-02+copy+2.jpg Other "cruciform" or "mandala" shaped paintings. - "Kandinsky's Point" 2015, 48" X 48", acrylic on board In these typical "mandala" or "cruciform" shaped paintings (the same as in the Mandala Series) the basic overall shape is formed by crossing two Phi rectangles over each other. The silver-gray space-shape's physical structure is made of two triangles; what looks like folds in the lower half of it is really an optical illusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505419524555-HQA7PJV1U4RXJW2C3XLR/FullSizeRender-03+copy.jpg Other "cruciform" or "mandala" shaped paintings. - "Kandinsky's Point" 2015 https://www.hneufeldart.com/gallery-three-squareshaped-paintings daily 0.75 2018-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498187376-QX2DRHH2B5D2IEFWZMZT/The+WallB.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "The Wall", 48" X 48", 2013-15, acrylic on board "The Wall" (titled after the cave walls where some 30,000 year old paintings were discovered) was developed over a two-year period and was instrumental in learning to work with the Process to form the Chaos. It is a "dyptic" made of two panels that work as a single painting. Additionally, it is one of the first paintings that I started to experiment with using shallow (1 1/2" high) bas-relief shapes within the different Phi configurations. The "descriptive" illusions in the upper-central area were inspired by photos taken from the Hubble telescope. Using "description" was something I decided not to pursue because of the "intent" aspect I wanted to avoid. Instead, I continued to develop what I call Process with other paintings and set this one aside and finished it later. The images of white-over-black "disclosed" a tendency for circular directions in the Process that I was unaware of during it's painting. I know that it looks so "intentional," but the spiral seemed to just happen with out trying to get any specific effect. I was completely taken by surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498187376-QX2DRHH2B5D2IEFWZMZT/The+WallB.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "The Wall", 48" X 48", 2013-15, acrylic on board "The Wall" (titled after the cave walls where some 30,000 year old paintings were discovered) was developed over a two-year period and was instrumental in learning to work with the Process to form the Chaos. It is a "dyptic" made of two panels that work as a single painting. Additionally, it is one of the first paintings that I started to experiment with using shallow (1 1/2" high) bas-relief shapes within the different Phi configurations. The "descriptive" illusions in the upper-central area were inspired by photos taken from the Hubble telescope. Using "description" was something I decided not to pursue because of the "intent" aspect I wanted to avoid. Instead, I continued to develop what I call Process with other paintings and set this one aside and finished it later. The images of white-over-black "disclosed" a tendency for circular directions in the Process that I was unaware of during it's painting. I know that it looks so "intentional," but the spiral seemed to just happen with out trying to get any specific effect. I was completely taken by surprise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498057974-C9V3PF4LE5UB80R7SE9S/The+WallB.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505420498664-XHW2B56T3KTF4V9QDY1C/FullSizeRender-01+copy+3.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "The Wall", side view https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498271311-JWANVNQB5D2KQ4LN9T5D/FullSizeRender-02+copy+3.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "Einstein's Prism", 48" X 48", 2015, acrylic on board This is the first painting of this Series. It also marks the beginning of using optical illusions as well as the Chaos placed in the "field." What looks like a shadow cast from an overhang between the two white shapes is an illusion - both shapes are constructed as one flat shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505419670170-QTC44C4H92HZNI62PAEK/FullSizeRender-01+copy+3.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498333099-QPH2LCDYO1VUJLEQO58P/FullSizeRender-03+copy+2.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "Light's Echo", 48" X 48", 2015, acrylic on board This is the second painting of this Series. As in "Einstein's Prism," I've included some optical illusions called "tromp' e loil" or "fools the eye." I plan to continue this Series in future paintings. If you look carefully at both of these paintings in this Series, you can see the physical form of a Phi rectangle coming off the lower-right corner, tilted toward the center of the painting at a 45 degree angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498383786-24RV0PSQNXHO97KBJD96/FullSizeRender.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "Hidden Realities #1.", 39" X 39", 2016, acrylic on board This is the first painting where I used what I call a "hybrid" grid in the Structure. It's a combination of the "cruciform" grid and the square https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498442639-7HS1HU88ONBQT5A1JDSW/FullSizeRender-01.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "Hidden Realities #2., 39" X 39", 2016, acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505498502283-03AZ7TD87MP9DFIVFRQR/FullSizeRender-02.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "Untitled", 48" X 48", 2016, acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505420030230-DJ1F5ZMQ0QFX38GXTV7S/FullSizeRender-03.jpg Square-shaped paintings and "hybrid;" combination of mandala and square formats. - "Hidden Realities #3., 39" X 39", 2017, acrylic on board This was an extremely difficult painting; not in the Structure but in painting the Chaos. Sometimes I hit a wall. Every painter will tell you that on occasion this happens. At any rate, I wound up completely starting over and re-painting the Chaos no less than four times before things just "clicked" to conclusion. I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often because of the absence of "intention" in painting the Chaos Process. I'm extremely pleased with the way things turned out. https://www.hneufeldart.com/mandala-series daily 0.75 2022-06-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507315191964-W46JRQH2W935KKZLPA32/FullSizeRender-01+copy.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #1; Mandala Series, 2014-15, 39" X 39", acrylic on board This is the first of six paintings in this Series. When I began painting it I was just beginning to experiment with the idea of using a Process of some kind to form the images of Chaos. I was not satisfied at all about where it was going so I set it aside and started on Mandala #2. I came back to Mandala #1 after finishing Mandala #5. You can see that the bas-relief elements were much simpler in this one and became progressively more complex as the Series developed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507315191964-W46JRQH2W935KKZLPA32/FullSizeRender-01+copy.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #1; Mandala Series, 2014-15, 39" X 39", acrylic on board This is the first of six paintings in this Series. When I began painting it I was just beginning to experiment with the idea of using a Process of some kind to form the images of Chaos. I was not satisfied at all about where it was going so I set it aside and started on Mandala #2. I came back to Mandala #1 after finishing Mandala #5. You can see that the bas-relief elements were much simpler in this one and became progressively more complex as the Series developed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505418085911-7DGRR6Y17E5KHUGH7JMY/FullSizeRender-01+copy.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #1; Mandala Series, 2014-15, 39" X 39", acrylic on board This is the first of six paintings in the series. When I began painting it I was still trying out a lot of new things; as a result, I was not happy with where it was going so I set it aside and started Mandala #2. I came back to it after Mandala #5 was finished. You can see that the bas-relief elements were much simpler in this one and got progressively more complex as the series developed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505418118153-1LUIHKNRL8DUTHAJASN0/FullSizeRender+copy+3.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #2; Mandala Series, 2015, 39" X 39", acrylic on board This was really a break through painting in developing the approach for the Process, as I call it; what forms the images of the Chaos. You can see the results not only in the yellow space-shape but also in the white over blue at the top of the painting. I also tried a different space-division configuration in the underlying base. This is the only one of the Series that has a different space-division configuration than the others. I decided to return to the same one as in Mandala #1 and use it for the remaining four paintings in the Series. You can compare the Chaos in this one with the next three in the Series where I used the same Process (yellow over red) but got different results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505418157149-L4HDD3OXHRG2EPM8VMOK/FullSizeRender-01+copy+4.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #3; Mandala Series, 2015, 39" X 39", acrylic on board You can see the increase in complexity in the Structure. I also experimented with using some solid, uniform colors in some of the space divisions. I often use Light Blue Violet symbolically to represent the "human spirit." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505418174999-TU5BGPWW8BTP1ZBOXCLH/FullSizeRender-02+copy+4.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #4; Mandala Series, 2015, 39" X 39", acrylic on board With the Structure again increasing in complexity, I decided that I would try using the same Chaos Process of yellow over red throughout the whole painting yet reveal the individual space-shapes in the structural configuration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505418207084-XB1050HYSWYPAFJJ8N10/FullSizeRender-03+copy+3.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #5; Mandala Series, 2015, 39" X 39", acrylic on board In this painting, besides the increase in complexity of the Structure, I also increased the complexity of the Chaos. In many of the space-shapes I made some different adjustments to Process exploring different visual effects. This is probably the most complex combination in the Series to this point. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505418225324-MB3269883EYGCS7FLTVJ/IMG_0404.JPG A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - Mandala #6; Mandala Series, 2015, 39" X 39", acrylic on board As far as "illusions" go, this one is filled with them. This one of the Series was painted after I went back and completely repainted Mandala #1 as well as after I painted "Einstein's Prism." This is the only one in the Series that uses Chaos in the "field" with the white over black. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506208312029-LRNWNRS4URRHK1ABGIAV/Mandala6struc.jpg A "series" of six paintings using a "cruciform" configuration by crossing two Phi rectangles. - The "Structure" for Mandala #6 This is the structure/platform for Mandala #6 with a coating of Gesso> https://www.hneufeldart.com/texts daily 0.75 2017-09-19 https://www.hneufeldart.com/howard-neufeld-artist daily 1.0 2018-01-05 https://www.hneufeldart.com/about-me daily 0.75 2022-10-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1505256314867-RBPK3Z8LJFK2W8COT8OL/%22Mandala+Series+%231%22%3B+2015%3B+39%22+X+39%22%3B+Acrylic+on+board My "personal" discovery of Phi also marked the beginning of using Structure and Chaos. "Mandala #1"; Mandala Series; 2014-15; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board https://www.hneufeldart.com/artists-statement daily 0.75 2018-01-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507057140190-1MMY0O152OV7SBDTTZTU/IMG_0688.JPG Realism, Abstraction and Reality: their interrelationship and unity. View of exhibit; 2016; Blackfish Gallery; Portland, OR https://www.hneufeldart.com/nonobjective-realism-structure-and-chaos daily 0.75 2022-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506999651654-MJ4K7DJWRBWKCNB6TU00/Kandinsky%27sPointB.jpg Structure and Chaos: The competing instincts of "internal Reality" as rational and irrational. "Kandinsky's Point"; 2015; 48" X 48"; acrylic on board https://www.hneufeldart.com/bio daily 0.75 2022-12-11 https://www.hneufeldart.com/the-structure daily 0.75 2020-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506888824338-L7GB7A167MTNAKVRHNPS/FullSizeRender-2.jpg The Structure: using Phi or the Golden Section as the geometric source. "Structure" for untitled painting https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506964876043-M6KEXKZ41Z8NOQPEJF06/Tableau_I%2C_by_Piet_Mondriaan.jpg The Structure: using Phi or the Golden Section as the geometric source. "Tableau I"; Piet Mondrian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506910570012-IJZWOMX5GWC7VVO2P9K5/FullSizeRender-02.jpg The Structure: using Phi or the Golden Section as the geometric source. "Untitled"; 2016; 48" X 48"; acrylic on board https://www.hneufeldart.com/the-process-the-means-to-form-chaos daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506979588530-5VD5IWKMGGRKNIRFQYGJ/39X39Hybrd+1.jpg The Process: Using improvisation without the intent of the artist. "Hidden Realities" 39" X 39"; 2016; acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506978957263-H2X48BFYKMXM0BG9GZ02/512px-A_Sunday_on_La_Grande_Jatte%2C_Georges_Seurat%2C_1884.png The Process: Using improvisation without the intent of the artist. "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" - Georges Seurat https://www.hneufeldart.com/minkowsky daily 0.75 2017-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507072813286-2AT004RQHMTMY7UFGCUO/FullSizeRender-6.jpg Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum: Understanding Reality. Minkowski's "Four-dimensional Space-Time Continuum" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506219602092-J8USZWBMGID1NSM090VP/Mandala%234.jpg Four-dimensional Space-time Continuum: Understanding Reality. "Mandala #4"; Mandala Series; 2015; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board https://www.hneufeldart.com/toward-a-new-spiritual-in-art-wassily-kandinsky-18661944-revisited daily 0.75 2025-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506131173609-JXQXV1742CM2ICJYA2MI/Mandala%232.jpg Toward a New "Spiritual In Art": Revisiting Wassily Kandinsky. "Mandala #2"; Mandala Series; 2015; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507073553409-543VCY5OTNLU39M4H77H/kandinsky.comp-7.jpg Toward a New "Spiritual In Art": Revisiting Wassily Kandinsky. "Composition #7"; Wassily Kandinsky https://www.hneufeldart.com/the-chaos-a-subjective-connection-of-process-as-image-formation-chance-and-improvisation daily 0.75 2017-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507164195256-KN6PADRNH84VJG43PC6R/Mandala%233.jpg The Chaos is formed via Process with the goal of keeping it in equilibrium with the Structure. "Mandala #3"; Mandala Series; 2015; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506998624783-1X19Q01LUH95CREUJH8A/Mandala%236.JPG The Chaos is formed via Process with the goal of keeping it in equilibrium with the Structure. "Mandala #6"; Mandala Series; 2015; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board https://www.hneufeldart.com/imaginative-perception-and-the-cave-paintings-of-europe daily 0.75 2024-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506987525872-Q15Z9M845J2QS20WSYIV/Mandala%235.jpg Imaginative Perception: using our imagination in the perceptual process. "Mandala #5"; Mandala Series; 2015; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506116981156-BC15H10GA3MX58X0N6FB/bison-1171794_1280.jpg Imaginative Perception: using our imagination in the perceptual process. Altamira Cave: "Bison" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506815275880-LWDV1CRQZXQEADRDG74J/altamiraceiling.jpg Imaginative Perception: using our imagination in the perceptual process. Altamira Cave: "The Ceiling" https://www.hneufeldart.com/my-conversion-experience daily 0.75 2017-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507070459349-UTNEVKRI86JZKTCTAUST/vangoghsunflow1.jpg My Conversion Experience: a spiritual epiphany. "Sunflowers" by Vincent Van Gogh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506283496532-X0FBE70T8UU3BWGOFCRF/vangoghfield1.jpg My Conversion Experience: a spiritual epiphany. "The Field" by Vincent Van Gogh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507068999057-5PVOQSAZM1DQ498IKFRV/The-Potato-Eaters-by-Vincent-van-Gogh.jpg My Conversion Experience: a spiritual epiphany. "The Potato Eaters" by Vincent Van Gogh https://www.hneufeldart.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506887375075-G4HH1AWBKRFQ8R1VAXCX/Mandala1struc.jpg Contact Me "Structure" for Mandala #1. You can see some of the originally painted images that I Gessoed and repainted. https://www.hneufeldart.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2022-08-15 https://www.hneufeldart.com/structure-and-chaos daily 0.75 2018-01-06 https://www.hneufeldart.com/toward-a-new-spiritual-in-art-copy daily 0.75 2022-10-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1507073553409-543VCY5OTNLU39M4H77H/kandinsky.comp-7.jpg Toward a New "Spiritual In Art": (Copy) "Composition #7"; Wassily Kandinsky https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59b45cbf0abd0445de6fcb2c/1506131173609-JXQXV1742CM2ICJYA2MI/Mandala%232.jpg Toward a New "Spiritual In Art": (Copy) "Mandala #2"; Mandala Series; 2015; 39" X 39"; acrylic on board