Debra Jan Bibel, artist

The circle is perfection. But when you apply mathematics to it, you need to use pi, an indeterminate or transcendental number. Our retina, hence our scope of vision, is circular, though we place emphasis on the horizon, in contrast to cats, which are more sensitive to the vertical. The circle is steadfast and forthright, yet it implies gliding movement along a surface or a rotation in space, forming its noble derivative, the sphere. Spiritual mandalas are circles, materialistic coins are circles. The Zen enso, which is symbolic of the absolute, encompassing the dharma essence and Tao way neither lacking anything nor with anything in excess, is a brush painting of a circle. A circle pulls space around it. The line is a connection or a path or vector. Bibel discovers for herself what Calder had artistically pioneered and what a child playing with Tinkertoys knows intuitively: the lightness of being. Here are skeletal formations in unbounded space, abstract yet representational and associative.	Debra Jan Bibel MORPHOLOGIES: An Exploration, An Evolution Circle & Line Years 2008 – present
	Circle & Line forms can also be found in the City Synthesis — Resonance Series. See also: Circle & Line Series, Years 2006–2007 [13 works] Circle & Line Series, Year 2005 [10 works]

Christmas (2025), 30 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Cycle Circle (2025), 20 × 40 in. Link to enlargement


Diptych: Islamic Circle al-Andalus [Córdoba Mosque] (2025), 36 × 24 in. Link to enlargement

Diptych: Islamic Circle Blue Mosque (2024), 36 × 24 in. Link to enlargement

Iguazu Mergings (2024), 24 × 36 in. Link to enlargement

Ideal Weather, Whether Ideal (2024), 24 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Iguazu (2024), 36 × 36 in. Link to enlargement

Global Climate Change III —Dying coral reef (2024), 36 × 36 in. Link to enlargement

Other Worlds (2024), 40 × 20 in.

The Seasons (2024), 16 × 16 in., each Quadriptych: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

Mind Tunnel (2024), 16 × 16 in.

Global Climate Change II (2024), 24 × 30 in.* Link to enlargement

Global Climate Change (2024), 36 × 36 in. Link to enlargement

Every Thing Consists of Organized Atoms: Canyon (2023), 40 × 30 in.* Link to enlargement Link to reduction

Lava Field (2023), 48 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Ocean (2023), 36 × 24 in. Link to enlargement

Desert (2023), 48 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Rainstorm (2023, 30 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Rose Garden (2023, 24 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Wildflowers (2022), 36 × 24 in. Link to enlargement

Perceive the wind, perceive the dance: New England Autumn (2022), 36 × 36 in. Link to enlargement

Zen (2022), 40 × 30 in. Link to enlargement

Arks (2012), 24 × 36 in.	Samba (2013), 30 × 30 in.

Tornado (2013), 24 × 36 in.	Winter's Harbinger (2016), 30 × 24 in.

Exhibited and sold as set of all 6 paintings arranged accordingly by column and tier:
Change (2011), 16 × 12 in.	Hua-Yen (2011),16 × 12 in.	Unity: Not One, Not Two, (2011) 16 × 12 in.


Forest Dharma (2011), 16 × 12 in.	Season Cycle (2011), 16 × 12 in.	Land Construction (2011), 16 × 12 in.

Music (2012), 20 × 16 in.

Psychedelic Painting No. 2 (2012), 50.5 ×50.5 in. [36-in. sides] Primary location of this image is the Op Series.

Wall (2011), 40 × 30 in. [This is not an abstract; based on an actual Japanese temple wall.]

Cloudburst (2011), 48 × 24 in.

Flamenco: Siguiriyas y Soleares (2010), 36 × 36 in.

Pungmul Percussive Dance (2010), 30 × 30 in.

Thelonious in Chau-Tal (2008), 36 × 36 in.*

Passage (2008), 30 × 40 in.

Harbor Nocturne (2008), 36 × 24 in. *

Full Circle (2008), 48 × 36 in.

Dorje (2008), 24 × 24 in.	Ecosystem, More or Less (2009), 30 × 30 in.
See also: Circle & Line Series, Years 2006–2007 Circle & Line Series, Year 2005
* Sold × Personal Collection

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