My name is John Charles Ricker. I am an artist, writer, speaker, and thinker who lives in Minneapolis.
This blog will evolve as I explore this medium of expression, but I expect it will always contain my photography and art. Some of the art will be straightforward, but over half of it will play with one's perception.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Title: Concentric Shells
The only rules governing the creation of this image are:
1. Every shell pattern has a seed where the lines converge.
2. The lines must be concentric.
3. The seed of each shell must touch another shell.
4. New shells must conform to the shape of old ones.
Errors are mainly expressed by variations in line thicknesses, and breaks in the adherence to rule 4.
This image plays with my eyes and I see artifacts when I look from shell to shell. I perceive movement in the image as my eyes dart around within it giving me a somewhat unsettling feeling.
Materials: Three hours of my time. Felt tip pen on bristol board.
