Op Art

http://www.googleartproject.com/galleries/3083003/25424003/25398006/

If you click the link above ^ it will take you to Bridget Rileys "Cataract 3" artwork.


Even though this piece of art uses only lines and color, it is really interesting to look at. Throughout the whole piece the use of curved lines is consistant. Every line is horizontal and they start off thick shrink to thin and then grow back to thick along the whole page. On the top of the painting the lines are a dark faded purple color that have a lighter lavender purple color underneath them. As you go down the picture the color of the lines change about halfway to a red coupled with the dark purple and followed by a white, that pattern goes on until a third of the page is left. The bottom of the page has the same colors as the top which creates a pleasing image.  The lines of the painting are really close together and it looks like they are raised fron and lowered into the canvas. All of the lines create an image that appears to be wavy and like little hills all over the page. I really like this painting and i hope youthink my description sees fit :)