Reflectionist | Artist Dalia Hierro

Encouraging exploration and dialogue in the visual arts

Dalia Hierro

My work incorporates the following three elements:

The Mark
The Grid (based on Fibonacci sequence)
Counterpoint between the Mark and the Grid

To me, a brush or charcoal mark consists of three unique parts: initial contact with the canvas, an expressive continuation of the stroke along the canvas surface, and the gesture used to complete it. While each mark has its own identity, taken together these marks create harmonies that play off each other like the voices in a Bach fugue or other counterpoint composition.

My marks are also generated in response to the structure of grids derived from the Fibonacci sequence.^*

I began making grid paintings to explore the potential for interaction between organic, intuitive marks and nature’s own mathematical structures. My goal is to create a series of environments that embody the interplay between mathematical structure and the freedom of personal, natural expression.

^*The Fibonacci sequence is a series of numbers starting with 0 and 1 that is created by adding together the previous two numbers as follows: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, … etc. The ratio of any two adjacent numbers in this sequence progressively approximates a visual proportion that occurs widely in nature, evident in everything from the growth patterns of pine cones, the shapes of seashells, and even, some would argue, to the face and body of man. This proportion is 1:1.618 or φ, also known as the "golden ratio".

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