Light's bleaching glare may saturate the picture plane, obscuring tone, details and minute particulars. |
The spatiality of Still's art is lateral, extending beyond but not into the picture plane. |
The viewpoint in this type of perspective lies on a line perpendicular to the picture plane, passing through the central vanishing point. |
This illusionism is contradicted by brushwork highlighting the front picture plane or establishing ambiguous layers of space lying beyond. |
The gesso ground is sanded smooth so that acrylic glazes bead up and acquire a high-resolution look while emphasizing the picture plane. |
A reflective road sign with diagonal stripes of black and white thrusts itself upward through the picture plane. |