“The spark of light out of darkness that becomes the sun, the moon, the dot, the circle, the sphere, the wheels of civilization, becomes a virtual quantum holographic illusion of reality.”

Antonio Arellanes studied at the Chicago Art Institute and began his artistic career investigating the nature of light. Working first primarily with black brush strokes, he created a series of dark paintings into which he gradually introduced color. Strongly influenced by the mystic philosopher Krishnamurti and physicist David Bohm, the artist employs symbols representative of their insights that also describe the abstract coordinates of time and space. By mixing images from ancient Native traditions with those that evoke machinery, the artist compresses both time and space of the human condition and presents it on one canvas. Arellanes used aluminum strips, mylar, oil and acrylic in abstract concepts of the past, present, and future.