Steel Pour #3 is the third painting in the series of re-visiting an older original idea. This Image is much larger than the previous two images, where it is 3 feet by 5 feet, and in Oil. My idea here was to add a layer of process to the image by relating it to a plan or idea in life.

When a person starts out on most challenges or projects, they have a clear idea of where the outcome is. This clear outcome is represented in the top of the Image with three large orange shapes. As the project begins it starts to take shape here represented with clear right angles and block shapes and forms. As the viewer moves down the painting the orange comes into a shape which goes off the page, on the mid upper left side.

The next portion of the image is where a split occurs. Two small vertical orange stripes show a flow from the larger shape above, however it is unclear if the orange is dropping down or flowing along a path. This optical illusion was created on purpose to challenge the viewer of what they have experienced in challenges in life: a drop or a flow.

Then at the bottom center two orange stripes drop down into an odd shape which appears to fracture(several new ideas) and flow away in a larger flow (idea).

Then in the bottom center right I created an optical illusion by "tucking" the orange shape behind the side of a pre-existing shape. However the effect again is a visual play and not possible in 3D space.

Then at the bottom right corner is the orange shape which appears to be isolated. In fact I created it to be flipped or upside down and flowing back into the original idea, showing that sometimes even when an idea has started and continued on a path, the idea comes back to the original idea or source and usually unexpected.

Mitch