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Apophenia:
​An Uncanny Presence.
2022-

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Whilst exploring painted spaces via my Personal Topographies series I was constantly aware that the next development in this painted process would be the introduction of abstract presences. Although I have been using the word presence to denote the manifestations in my work, I am now wondering if it is perhaps the best word to use. If the presence in question is always, pseudo human should I be considering the idea of anthropomorphism instead? Or perhaps in more global terms pareidolia? Or more properly apophenia? ​

​How to talk about a painting without saying anything at all? Part 3. 'Of Indeterminate Form.’

8/12/2025

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'Of Indeterminate Form,'
​Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches (122 x 91.5 cm).

​How to talk about a painting without saying anything at all? Part 3 ‘Of Indeterminate Form.’

Indeterminate: not exactly known, established, or defined.  Vague, unspecific or indefinite.
Form:a particular way in which a thing exists or appears; a manifestation. Shape formation, structure.

I'm at this point once more, challenged to say something about my latest painting without saying anything! 
'Of Indeterminate Form' is another painting which has occupied my easel and my mind for a long, long time. It's been so close and yet so far. In the end it was resolved by keeping it out of storage, alongside other paintings that I was working on. Painting is of course a learning process, even for someone who has been doing it for as long as I have. Aspects of one painting, lessons learned in another painting, they all come together in the end to make the the whole larger than the some of ofs parts. Or at least that's what I think. What about you? As usual I'd love to hear your thoughts.

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  • CODEX
    • plane >
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence.
      • Control(s)
      • Personal Topographies
      • The Self-Isolation Residency
      • Carved From This Land
      • Photography
      • Spatial Paintings 2006-2008
      • Paintings 2006
    • mass >
      • Second Skin/Second Life
      • Crow
      • The Blind Men and the Elephant.
      • Spatial Conceptions 2014 - 2022
      • Painted Objects
      • Autograph
      • The Newtonian Nightmare
    • volume >
      • Enso nest
      • Someone else's storey
      • Shower, The Process Residency 2013,
      • Concrete Haiku
      • Atypical
      • The Murder of Crows.
      • Composition in White (Painting), The Breathe Residency:
      • Composition in White (Sculpture), The Breathe Residency:
      • Floorplan
      • Paper Scissors Rock
      • Pilgrimage
      • The Fifth Column
      • Tension
      • Arch
    • blogs >
      • The Self-Isolation Residency: Blog 2020-2021
      • Apophenia: An Uncanny Presence. 2022
    • artist statements >
      • Antony Clarkson, General Statement, 2012
      • Antony Clarkson, The Apophenia Series, 2025.
    • cv & education
    • contact