Matthew Ritchie's artworks mainly consist of straight, organic lines throughout the canvas. Despite the simplicity in the shapes and lines, Ritchie manages to create a sense of complexity and depth within his artworks through chaotic representation of the lines which in turn forms into vivid, detailed scenes. This characterizing the vast possibilities of a simple concept, which in this case is the usage of lines in multiple forms, whether straight or curved with many points of intersection.
Ritchie's usage of both two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces also help visualize the concept of vastness in the universe we live in by providing limitless ways we can represent a relatively simple object. The sheer scale of what seems to be small, normal lines eventually evolve into a unique creation of its own, each containing its own story behind it. The abstract themes represented in Ritchie's works definitely run parallel to the enigmatic nature of the universe and how we came to understand it.
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