Pretentious Yet Pointless
This image is an expression of one of the central preoccupations of Sol Aris's art, the understanding of the here and now experience of the senses of smell and sight where the relationship of the viewer to the piece is a division of space that parallels the divisions and interstices of the mind. In constructive colour theory, the visual phenomena of the objective world are, in themselves, empty: the important thing is feeling, as such. The shapes in this drawing, despite appearing disarmingly simple at first glance, create in the mind duty, responsibility, discipline and work... An interesting aspect of this carving is the dominant angularity and horizontality contrasting strongly with the arena of contrasting colour and space of the work. The artist does not use a rectangular grid to restrict the colours, which in this way float free. The ornamented canvas enriches the eternal or spiritual dimension and its endless possibilities. In this image Sol Aris shows the relationship between light and dark. A deep underlying meaning of the doodle is that it is the spiritual dimension and its limitless possibilities.
The embellished canvas indicates a reflection of the process of creation.