Gallery Three - Advantages

Sunset 1 August, over the Massif Central

Introduction to Gordon Frickers' Painting Odyssey into colour vision.

The paintings in this gallery, a voyage of discovery, are arranged by year, then in the order that they were painted. Viewing them in order gives an insight into a unique exploration of anomalous colour vision and colour constancy.

Surprises

The paintings are full of visual painterly surprises. Have you ever wondered what being colour blind is like?

Would you like to share an exploration of some forms of colour blindness through the medium of paint? To see in landscapes around Castelnau de Montmiral near Gaillac and Albi in the remote Tarn region, issues of anomalous colour vision and colour constancy in human visual responses?

Colour Experience

You could obtain an insight into this Artist's natural colour experience when learned responses were turned "off" and how your vision can be enriched by his partial "colour blindness".

There is a great opportunity here to explore and futher research the subject of "colour blindness" which challenges the accepted ideas of vision based on 3 primaries and raises many unanswered questions...

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Sections of this Gallery

Exploratory paintings - 2006 to the present

The paintings in this gallery are arranged by year, then in the order that they were painted. Viewing them in order gives an insight into a unique exploration of anomalous colour vision and colour constancy.

Stupendous Sun Drenched Landscapes of France - 2003

Painted as research into anomalous colour vision and colour constancy, during the extreme heatwave of 2003.

Paintings from 1991 to 2002

Initial studies in colour vision and colour constancy.

Other Galleries

This is one of four galleries of the art of Gordon Frickers. The others are: