In the paintings, works on paper and sculptures at Kent Place, one can see Dagley developing a wide range of artistic possibilities, including hallucinatory optical and
retinal color effects, intense patterns, contradictory painterly spaces and geometric constructions.
Not exact matches
This multi-step process creates a vibrant, mesmerizing
retinal effect of countless but minimal
color juxtapositions.
The After Image series captured the vivid, pure impression of a
retinal after - image — exploring the searing
effects of oppositional
colors in facing circular and angular forms.
These hybrid images of flat
color planes and illusory depth, executed in acrylic, spray paint and computer programs like Photoshop and Illustrator, have a pronounced
retinal effect Elrod gets by putting sharp geometric shapes out of focus.
Grids of bright
color on the painted fronts of the canvases create
retinal effects like moiré patterns, and the suggestion of visual movement and space, but those surfaces are often interrupted by a reordering of the parts of the painting.