Community Canvas is an initiative presented by The Culture Show where GBH features artwork from community members on our Digital Mural.
Today’s mural features an encaustic painting by Ross Ozer that explores how rhythm, geometry, and color interact when pattern becomes a field rather than a single motif. Built from a grid of repeating quarter-circle forms, the composition uses rotation and color shifts to create a sense of continuous movement. While the structure is mathematically precise, the piece feels alive – its energy comes from the thousands of hand-applied wax dots that articulate every curve.
This piece is part of an ongoing series in which Ozer revisits and reinterprets the classic “drunkard’s path” motif through a contemporary lens. “What interests me most is how simple forms can generate complexity and how repetition can become meditative rather than mechanical,” Ozer says. “The result is a work that balances order and warmth. My hope is that viewers experience it as both vibrant and calming, a place where pattern becomes harmony.”
Ozer splits his time in between two creative homes. He’s part of Artisans Asylum in Boston and has his own studio in Provincetown, Mass.
See more of Ozer’s work at rjostudio.com
