Bryan Spier’s brightly coloured abstract paintings are an infectious throwback to the Formalist tradition. Animated by a playful energy, the works embed the compositional elements of colour, line, shape and texture with echoes from the outside world.
Spier’s use of vivid colour is alluring and remains to be a prominent feature. Your eyes are encouraged to follow the contours, which change, merge and bounce into different forms, all of which lead you back to the vantage point of observing the work as a whole.
Gippsland Art Gallery • Sale
Until 15 March, 2015
Victoria
Jealous Speckled, 2014, acrylic on linen, 50.8 x 40.6cm
Courtesy the artist and Sarah Scout, Melbourne
