Gary Dolan’s works of art are each comprised of up to
20 plates of glass arrayed over a light box. Because many
of the plates are painted on both sides, a single work
consists of upwards of 40 separate hand-painted images.
Each image is a cross section of the subject matter. These
two-dimensional images are carefully positioned on each
plate to align precisely with every other image, so as to
create the illusion of a three-dimensional whole.
The light shining through the paint creates a jewel-like
glow, which shimmers as your viewing angle changes. Each
shift in perspective causes new colors to appear and vanish
as two existing hues combine to form a third. And as you
bring your eye down alongside the edge of the plates, the
image gradually becomes a fog of color, until it fades,
evanesces, and then finally disappears altogether.