Brianna Bass’s new paintings are finely tuned, many-step gradients that pass from one color to another. the exchange shows the nuance in apparent duality, while tapping into concepts of spirit, stillness, and existence.
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These new paintings by Brianna Bass use a random number generator to shift the dominance of a color in tightly packed lines. As the second color picks up traces of its opposite, it dims the hue slightly. Through optical mixture, the fuse in to subtle color planes or transparent cells. This is what happens in pointillist and impressionist paintings as small strokes of color fuse into a new color or overall impression in the eye. Complimentary colors like red and green compounded retinal fatigue to produce an effect where the mind isn’t sure whether it is conjuring the effects of color phantasm and vibration, or actually perceiving it.
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Brianna Bass’s new paintings are inspired by the geometry, light, color, and spiritual depth of stained glass. Her paintings fuse disparate layers of pattern to produce glowing fields of color. Each cell blends two different hues, so some cells hold soft cloudscapes, while others show sparks of clashing color.
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Brianna Bass’s new vertical, linear paintings use a random number generator and optical gestalt to create fields of chromatic spatial phasing, highlighting the nuance between order and chaos.
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