The optically titillating large - scale paintings are made by applying layers of acrylic paint to a canvas in a pre-determined order, resulting in heavily - built surfaces that take on
illusionistic depth as the tone scale varies.
Not exact matches
Here, however, each layer of paint is applied from the far edges of the canvas working inward toward the center, thus resulting in an
illusionistic depth, the lighter tones of the composition acting
as a framing device.
Avoiding
illusionistic concerns such
as depth or perspective, Moyer queers the color field, lending texture, seduction, and idiosyncrasy to the immateriality of plain sight.
All the devices in Stella's new paintings are geared to make picture space feel
as if it bites into real space, without using
illusionistic depth.
This has sort of changed the perspective direction of a lot of post-analog painting, because whereas before, figurative painting functioned
as a «window,» a recessive space with the illusion of
depth, now there is a push towards
illusionistic projection and forward movement.