OP ARTIST BRIDGET RILEY

“My paintings are concerned with generating visual sensations.”

“There are vast reserves of energy in everything, and if you allow them to operate freely…you are nearer to

unleashing a truly creative power.”

-BRIDGET RILEY

Bridget Riley, Arrest 3, 1965

Bridget Riley, Blaze 1, 1962 “ I thought about how I could articulate a circular structure with a diagonal movement.” -Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley, Cataract 3, 1967 “( The viewer’s eye) should feel…soothed, experience frictions and ruptures, glide and drift.” -Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley, Deplaceme, Optical Art

Bridget Riley, Optical Art “ I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be alive.” -Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley, Optical ArtHospital Walls painted in Bridget Riley design