I'm not interested in patterns (from a design perspective), I'm interested in pattern identification (from an observational perspective) and I think there's a huge difference. Patterns are conscious repetitions with a definable formula for their creation. The only true pattern in my drawings are the individual marks which I then repeat to make a composition. Patterns found on the larger scale - spatial, textural and structural specifically - are prescribed by the viewer; the placement of patterns (objects) into the scope of the whole drawing is automatic, dictated by what is near and where I think I 'need' to work next. The larger compositions appear to have elements of pattern but disseminate into randomness quickly; there does not exist a formula to define them but it can be found. The objective natural world doesn't consider things in succession, only one element and then another element and it's up to us, the subjective observer, to condense this into a comprehensive, defined pattern.
That felt good.
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