Order & Chaos
With each piece from the Order and Chaos Collection, the eye is instinctively drawn to the raised dots. This small but effective feature gives perspective to the paintings, a reassurance of the order we are demanded to understand in our everyday lives.
Yet, if we stop and look a little closer, we pay attention to what lies behind the disciplined and regimented Order and we will recognise the segments of our life existing as emotional carnage represented through Chaos. This is depicted through the abstraction layered beneath the uniformed pattern of dots, the disorderly energy that hides under a seemingly organised disguise.
The intention of these paintings is to challenge a multitude of subject matters ranging from politics in disarray, the hypocrisy of Church and Religion to false business marketing. The artwork also hones in on larger crises such as the portrayal of our Natural World and Human Interference while focusing on the mundane everyday relationship with our lives. In each painting you will discover a narrative that hopefully leaves you questioning your perspective on life.
Wonderful Everyday - Mel Hood “Know the rules well so you can break them effectively.” -The Dalai Lama 
Hallowed Be Thy Name - Mel Hood “If a religion wants you to give up your freedom, just give up that religion! Nothing is holier than your freedom!” - Mehmet Murat ildan
Together - Mel Hood “It turns out that an eerie type of chaos can lurk just behind a facade of order - yet, deep inside the chaos lurks an even eerier type of order.” Douglas Hofstadter
Particle - Mel Hood “I don’t see any God up here” Yuri Gagarin - first man in space, while in space
WWW. - Mel Hood "Chaos in the midst of chaos isn’t funny, but chaos in the midst of order is." - Steve Martin Actor
Velvet Underground - Mel Hood “Nothing happens until something moves.” - Albert Einstein
Mother - Mel Hood “Chaos was the law of nature: Order was the dream of man. Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.” Henry Adams (Historian)
Noisy Neighbour (A Manchester Tale) - Mel Hood “Some people think football is a matter of life and death, I don’t like that attitude, I can assure them it is much more than that.” - Bill Shankley
If Not I’ll Meet You On The Astral Plane - Mel Hood “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.” - Albert Einstein
In The Name Of The Father - Mel Hood “The Church of Rome...has become the most lawless den of thieves.” - Martin Luther
Together Apart - Mel Hood “Any change is resisted because bureaucrats have a vested interest in the chaos in which they exist.” - Richard M. Nixon
