(left) Water, acrylic on canvas, 12x16 inches / 30.5x40.6 cm (2024).  In this work, a cork stamp is used to represent the 105-degree angle in a water molecule and layered on a canvas using different colours. It highlights the closeness of particles in a liquid, providing a dynamic perception of constant movement and collisions. Water also models the disorder of molecular liquids, with each stamp being rotated randomly before placement on the canvas. The perception of pattern is ironically created from this replication of infinite randomness. [MJS] © 2026 Estate of Dr Matthew Simpson. All rights reserved. 

(middle) Melting, acrylic on canvas, 12x16 inches (2024). An abstract interpretation of melting, it shows the contrast in the order of the hexagonal structure of ice, and the random and chaotic nature liquid water. Despite the scale being in nanometers, it ironically depicts a landscape image of two icebergs. [MJS].© 2026 Estate of Dr Matthew Simpson. All rights reserved. 

(right) Ice, acrylic on canvas, 12x16 inches (2024). Ice models the hexagonal structire of ice, where the value of natural chemical structures and pattern are seen from an artistic viewpoint. [MJS] © 2026 Estate of Dr Matthew Simpson. All rights reserved.