I used my wife’s painting of the St. Joseph Church Rose Window to create a Droste effect with a double spiral transformation. The four diamond motifs in the window contain the symbolic flowers: rose, iris, lily, daisy. The four quatrefoil motifs contain religious signs: cross, rainbow with hand, alpha and omega, dove. The Greek letters alpha and omega stand for “the beginning and the end”. This corresponds to all the motifs of the window that flow smoothly from one spiral vortex to the other.
My training as a mathematician and my experience as a software programmer are the basic elements for designing my works of art. Since my retirement in 2019 I have started creating digital art with a mathematical slant. The works of M.C. Escher are a source of inspiration. Thanks to programs.. Read more…