Form: Other solutions Projecting images How does an artist working with purely abstract imagery create space? One way is to build up the physical layers of paint, so that some areas literally overlap others and actually project off the surface of the work. Kinga Czerska Another way — as seen in this painting by Kinga Czerska — is to vary the hue and brightness of the colors so that they appear to float over the picture's surface, like images taking shape on a movie screen. Note how the lighter parts of this painting play across the surface and then fade into the background; how the blues hold a middle ground; and how the blacks open out into the distance like doors. The result is a sense of volume, as the forms occupy the space and even seem to shift around within it. The links below will lead you further into a discussion about space. Dimension Depth Perspective Next: Figure/Ground