Orange Red Dot

Orange Red Dot, 2020
Acrylic on plywood on canvas on plywood
29 x 24 1/2 x 1/4 in (74 x 62 x 0.6 cm)
Orange Red Dot is one of those paintings that at the time when it was considered ready (August 22, 2020) the entire strong concept had to be adjusted to fit a miniscule property called, portability... The initial piece was envisioned to reside on several surfaces: (1) canvas, (2) plywood, and the additional surface of (3) the wall where half of the circle was initially supposed to be painted on. But the portability element had to be considered, and the levels became: (1) canvas, (2) plywood, (3) canvas, (4) plywood where simple elements reside in harmony within the given space as shapes and colors. True to the 2-D, 3-D philosophy, surface elements are manipulated to become three dimensional with an additional philosophical dimension: the title has the word "orange" crossed out, suggesting a drastic change as well as the residue of a previous thought, making the red-orange dynamic a dimension not to be ignored. The viewer will undoubtedly consider replacing red with orange in his mind trying to match the piece's title.