Following his invention of Upside-Down, multi-directional art in 1984 L. R. Emerson II was determinedly cautious of whom to tell what he regarded a genuinely original idea, so Emerson simply created more works. Rough drafts served as a means to continue growth and investigate a multitude of compositional alterations. As the work progressed, L. R. incorporated watercolor with assimilating surface lines using Rapidograph pen and ink. Other works such as were later created entirely in ink.
In the years following, Emerson returned to school to further study art with a focus on Art Education. His academic studio coursework encompassed transparent watercolor, lithography, and several printmaking processes each opening new avenues for his compositional variant. Emerson considered any medium fair game in his personal challenge to create new approaches for the unusual multidirectional designs. My undergraduate work focused intensely on printmaking, photography, and digital manipulation. From intaglio, linoleum block printing, monoprinting, and collography my multidirectional art works took on diverse appearances and each subsequent design serves as best evidence of the dramatic evolution my style underwent over the years. (Emerson, 2009)
L. R. engaged entirely new avenues of inventive thinking, as he submerged his imagery not only into printmaking processes but more accommodatingly technology. With the advent of digital manipulation and Emersons interest and pursuit thereof, he was able to develop specific styles of art-making not known to many artists worldwide.
L. R.s summers were spent honing the coursework discoveries which had defined his direction. Emerson had enjoyed programming computers as a teenager and had been trained as a desktop publisher. Id bore witness to the computers overtake of modern publishing and overhaul of the entire processes of hand-worked, graphic design. (Emerson, 2009) So where best to sequester the technological advancement, but for his art? Technology had become the stronger calling.
Being of Irish descent on two sides of my family, L. R. termed the upside-down, compositional style Masg from Gaelic, meaning to mix, or infuse. Emerson believes Masg best exemplifies the multidirectional, compositional paradigm enacted when: one merges shapes and forms with a primary consideration for multiple presentations.
To make a Masg styled work one must design in anticipation of multiple points of view. Certainly, a great deal of experimentation and alteration has occurred over the past two decades as would be expected with any invention and what has transpired from my effort has left me breathless and eternally grateful. (Emerson, 2009)
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