Pointillism

This movement developed from Impressionism and involved the use of many small dots of colour to give a painting a greater sense of vibrancy when seen from a distance. The equal size dots never quite merge in the viewer's perception resulting in a shimmering effect like one experiences on a hot and sunny day.

 Although I do not depict anything representational, I see a relationship to this movement through the small watermarked dots applied by brush or the finely etched incision marks that cut the surface of the paper along with small pencil marks that imitate them. These processes i use to form my image, display a vibrancy when viewed up close of a smudge on the paper when viewed from far. "The equal size dots never quite merge in the viewer's perception resulting in a shimmering effect like one experiences on a hot and sunny day." I see this quote in relation to my work as they too display a shimmering effect when the dots and lines are built up in a cluster or mass, when caught in the light these etched marks look almost like a velvet as each direction of view point declines or emerges these forms.

When the water colour dots are applied to the colour field they bring the painting to life, bringing a movement to the field of the opaque hue.