Even when I try to do an individual or solitary piece, it will eventually turn into or become part of a series. Not only do these multiples occur within the original medium, they frequently move back and forth into whatever medium I'm exploring at the time. This can result in a photo becoming a painting that gets scanned and becomes a transfer. Or it may be a transfer that gets photographed, cropped and later becomes a monoprint or an etching. Rarely does a subject get expressed in less than two different mediums, sometimes even in the same work of art.
Multiplicity occurs in the image itself.
An image may be repeated in the same picture plane in a variety of ways. In other artwork the images are repeated more subtly in the layers of the work. Layers are another theme that reoccurs in my work along with an emphasis on negative space. You might even call me a negative space junkie, it's that integral to my work. All text and images are the property of Bob Worthy.