New, doodle derived paintings and drawings by Aaron Maier-Carretero that spiral, breathe and multiply until something of consequence happens. His forms are as strange and familiar as his own heartbeat, archetypal as mandalas but slippery as mercury, shapes that dance on the precipice of meaning, resistant to final interpretations, all the while buzzing with signature energy. Aaron Maier-Carretero was born and raised in the Maryland suburbs of DC. He obtained his BFA from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago, attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and has exhibited at Queens Museum, SculptureCenter, National Arts Club, Denver Art Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, The Phillips Collection, University of Maryland Art Gallery and Washington Project for the Arts. His work is in private and public collections, including The Phillips Collection, University of Maryland Art Gallery, and the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Art Bank Collection. He lives and works in Los Angeles.