Bill Doherty Print

"'X' really comes to life, with the application of (insert you own product addition or enhancement here)." The phrase has its uses; it's a quick and easy way of suggesting that a certain, subtle vitality has been added. In the case of this striking Bill Doherty piece, the use of colors that result from electrifying noble gasses, transforms the familiar static to an unexpected state of animation. If these hypnotic, iridescent hues seem oddly familiar, think back on the colors that present when sunlight strikes the wings of a dragonfly, or the shimmer of a rainbow trout, when it breeches the water on a bight day. If the object of art is to move and provoke thought, Bill certainly succeeded.

--Bear Graves