At almost every conceivable level of our imagining, it is impossible to create a change without a discontinuity, without a moment of not knowing who we are, or what we are going to become. Rupture precedes revolution.
Ruth Allen “Weathering”
Pattern Evolution explores transformation and change through the interplay between pattern and colour, fragmenting and interweaving geometric forms to create evolving configurations.
Using collage as a starting point, I create the conditions for new structures to emerge in the work. Through these processes of cutting, displacing, layering and concealing I can invite the principles of disorder and chance into my systems of creation, responding to interactions between the patterns and chasing the surprising beauty that can arise through the resolution of imperfect alignments.
Claire Mooney is an artist and art teacher who lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne. Her practice explores the metaphorical possibilities of pattern and abstraction through the mediums of painting, drawing and textiles. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT in 1999, a Master of Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2004, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education at The University of Melbourne in 2010.