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| Process-based paintings of abstract forms map the choices made by our cultural ancestors when they created the signs for words |
| Michael Joseph Winkler’s paintings are of abstract forms generated by the spelling of words. His geometric imagery reveals the pattern encoded in the sequencing of a word’s letters. Winkler says, “The non-rational choices which created the patterning in the signs for words are an expression of collective awareness which extends back to the words' ultimate origin.” His word-generated forms are produced using a structured process which creates a spatial transformation of written language. The Roman Alphabet’s 26 letters are represented as a circular configuration of uniquely spaced letter-points. Lines are drawn which interconnect the letter-points according to a word’s spelling (see below). |
| *A related process was used in the painting to create word-generated colors. See About the Work page for more information on the ongoing project. |