B l o c k P A I N T I N G S

The inspiration behind Giehl’s Block Series was to create motion and movement from a completely static object - a block. Composed of hundreds of individual pieces, these paintings are in constant motion as light, shadows, and the viewer’s perspective changes throughout the day. They are textural and angular with a balance of composition that plays with the concept of chance. If you look at the painting long enough, individual blocks begin to move creating an illusion of motion.