Entitled “April 15, 2023,” this is a diagonal Op Art painting, 6″ X 6″ acrylic on wood panel painting. It is part of my “Pointillism Grid” series of paintings.
My “Pointillism Grid Series” of paintings and digital prints explores how individual squares of color can blend to create a whole. This is similar to the small, distinct points of color in a Pointillist’s painting blend to form an image.
Unlike a Pointillist such as Georges Seurat, who loosely applied dots of paint with a brush, I create each “packet” of color within a grid, true to my hardedge abstractionist style.
By creating squares of carefully chosen colors close to each other, these paintings and prints create new colors in the viewer’s perception that don’t exist on the surface of the piece. The light reflected by each separate square of color mixes in the viewer’s eyes and mind with these new colors. This is a process known as additive mixing.
This is a new series for me, and I have just a few completed paintings. I currently have several works in progress, so please stop back for images of my new acrylics. Learn more about my other series of works: Asterism Series, which refers to the “X” that appears to the eye — but does not exist in the painting. This effect occurs when contiguous colors interact from light to dark or dark to light. In addition, my Interreticulation Series explores the effects created when a grid of interlacing lines – or reticulation – interacts with a layer of geometric shapes of varying colors.
$150.00
Inquire about purchase: ContemporaryOpArt@gmail.com, or 717-368-5143. This painting is available for viewing at my office/gallery in Lancaster, PA (by appointment only.)
I also have many similar designs available as Giclee prints in my Etsy shop. Here are a few examples:
