Central to the success of his work, therefore, is a tension between strictly ordered, «objective» zones of powerful colour and a looser, more subjective «edge»: each of the vital boundary lines of each defined, resonant stripe or square in a Scully painting has a distinct quality — and these variations create a plurality of painterly incident and accident within an apparently systematic arrangement. (kerlingallery.com)
He intensely enjoys contemplating painting tropes, teasing out the clichéd meaning in painterly incidents like drips, spills, and spatter. (twocoatsofpaint.com)
Painterly incidents pile up, but the surface never thickens. (christies.com)