Cognitive Dissonance

Written By Julia D'Orazio

  • 22 in x 22 in

  • Acrylic on Canvas

  • 2023

  • $600

  • featured in the “Prismatic” exhibition, Lexington Arts League , 2024

My wife looked at this prism painting and said "it's nice, but it's not in order. The colors blend well, but I'm having cognitive dissonance", and so the name was born. I got the idea to do it with the "hot colors" on the inside of the piece radiating toward the cooler colors in the perimetry. The grid pattern was interesting to consider, and I basically divided the axes evenly and brought the divisions together with perimeter points one quarter of the length of the outer edge.

Julia D'Orazio
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