Monday, April 13, 2015

CREATIONS: More Measuring - Personality Development

These three paintings where inspired by the work of Benjamin Betts as seen in Brainpickings,
Geometrical Psychology: Benjamin Betts’s 19th-Century Mathematical Illustrations of Consciousness

I am always looking for interesting diagrams and these were fascinating and the idea of graphing psychological tendencies has always been something I've wanted to do, much like a graphic journal. But Betts takes it much much farther than that. These are my take on his work:

Longitudinal Study Psycho-Social Development-EMPATHY  (acrylic on panel 8"x8")      


Longitudinal Study Psycho-Social Development-EGO (acrylic on panel 8"x8")

Longitudinal Study Psycho-Social Development-TWINS (acrylic on panel 12"x24")