Gallery 286 - Roy Amiss

OPTICAL PORTRAITURE -
PAINTING THE 3RD DIMENSION
Recent work by

ROY AMISS

10th - 30th November 2009

Leonardo Di Capprio: acrylic painting on canvas

Private views will take place on:
Tuesday November 10th 6.30 - 8.30pm
Thursday November 12th 6.30 - 8.30pm
and
Sunday November 15th 12.00 - 3.00pm

Viewing by appointment at other times

For further information contact Jonathan Ross:
by e-mail or phone 020 7370 2239

Press: The Kensington & Chelsea Notebook

View a video of Roy Amiss' work.

This exhibition largely features the unique optical paintings of Roy Amiss that he has dubbed 'Hand-painted holographs', owing to their similarity in appearance to holograms, but emphasising the hand-made aspect of using a paintbrush instead of a laser.

In these works, he has reconstructed photographic portraits of the famous, aiming to add the 3rd Dimension to the original flat photograph. He does this by painting on nylon net screens in layers and by using mathematics.

His latest works develop these optical paintings further, combining the moiré effect, stereoscopic painting and computer pixelation. The exhibition also includes other work such as his optical paintings on canvas.

View a video of Roy Amiss' work.





		OPTICAL PORTRAITURE - PAINTING THE 3RD DIMENSION Recent work by ROY AMISS 10th - 30th November 2009
	Leonardo Di Capprio: acrylic painting on canvas
Private views will take place on: Tuesday November 10th 6.30 - 8.30pm Thursday November 12th 6.30 - 8.30pm and Sunday November 15th 12.00 - 3.00pm Viewing by appointment at other times For further information contact Jonathan Ross: by e-mail or phone 020 7370 2239 Press: The Kensington & Chelsea Notebook View a video of Roy Amiss' work. This exhibition largely features the unique optical paintings of Roy Amiss that he has dubbed 'Hand-painted holographs', owing to their similarity in appearance to holograms, but emphasising the hand-made aspect of using a paintbrush instead of a laser. In these works, he has reconstructed photographic portraits of the famous, aiming to add the 3rd Dimension to the original flat photograph. He does this by painting on nylon net screens in layers and by using mathematics. His latest works develop these optical paintings further, combining the moiré effect, stereoscopic painting and computer pixelation. The exhibition also includes other work such as his optical paintings on canvas. View a video of Roy Amiss' work.