Phosphene fantasy
“MIssing Information #4” by Kerry Cottle, oil on canvas, 2015.
Shimo Center for the Arts
The amount of detail in Kerry Cottle's large paintings is mesmerizing. The Sacramento artist's work, which is oftentimes is 5 feet square, contains subtle layers of gradation, shapes and patterns, resulting in a mandala-like image—or a phosphene fantasy: This must be what the brain's electric energy looks like when having a happy thought.
Cottle is exhibiting her paintings in An Arch Is a Circle Given Up along with photography from Laura DeAngelis' To Herself at Shimo Center for the Arts through December 5.
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