Whirlpool diptychs at the Virginia Arboretum
The spiral is a complex natural form that repeats in everything from nautilus shells to galaxies. Leonardo’s sketchbooks reveal energetic spirals forms in plant growth, the curl of a woman’s hair, and the vortices of whirlpools. Like our own bodies, whirlpools take the molecules of the material world and organize them into temporary dynamic systems. For me, these abstract images of whirlpools on the Shenandoah River, North Fork serve as metaphors for the energy, beauty and brevity of life. Read more about this series and view prints at: www.stevendavidjohnson.com/?p=337 And read the essay by Anna Maria here: dgvcfaspring10.wordpress.com/2011/02/05/riffing-on-whirlp...
