Vance Kirkland long series of ‘Dot Paintings’. ... This technique might remind one of Pointillism, but only in theory, not in practice...this method is far from that of the Pointillists. The big, organic forms are built up from tiny dots, using powerful, sometimes brutal colors ... The dots of paint are plastic; they protrude from the surface of the painting, almost transforming it to a relief.” There are four main series and some important sub-series: Energy of Vibrations in Space [with sub-series Valhalla, Geometric, Einstein, Open Suns]; Energy of Mysteries in Space; Energy of Explosions in Space; Energy of Forces in Space;
Blend modes layer" or "active layer". Most graphics editing programs, like Adobe Photoshop and GIMP, allow the user to modify the basic blend modes - for example by applying different levels of opacity to the top picture. In the formulas shown on this page, values go from 0.0 (black) to 1.0 (white). This is the standard blend mode which uses the top layer alone, without mixing its colors with the layer beneath it: where "a" is the value of a color channel in the underlying layer, and "b" is that of the corresponding channel of the upper layer. The result is most