StonehedgeTheory

prehistoric megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England

Theme images by Michael Elkan

Pieter Lategan | Sketch Book: Introduction — Silent Monumentalism as a Style and Discipline Welcome to Silent Monumentalism — my idea and working sketchbook. This space is not for finished artworks, but for exploration, structure, and thinking in progress. Here I remove the noise of finished images and focus on the fundamental ideas that shape my visual language. Silent Monumentalism is a disciplined way of making art that prioritises stillness, weight, and inward presence over narrative, story, or illustration. In this approach, form exists as physical presence — grounded, restrained, and composed — rather than as a reference or explanation of emotion or event. This blog serves as my personal idea book: structural sketches, design notes, visual experiments, and conceptual studies. It documents how my thinking unfolds before any work becomes a finished painting, drawing, or object. Your visit here gives you a window into how Silent Monumentalism functions as both a style and a disciplined method — where every line, shape, and study is part of a logic-driven art practice.