band of color

In his abstract paintings, he often returned to the image of the atomic bomb, through a recurring motif of an orb hovering in a vertical band of color.

What can be conveyed with a circle or a square or a slender band of color?

The shrimp assess their environment in the way a scanner captures a photograph — spot a band of color, move the pseudo-pupil row, repeat.

The artist make that clear by adding a form of plaster to the occasional band of color, yielding textures that suggest currents or clouds.

Both artists take a geometric approach yet sometimes punctuate the rational forms with a freehand band of color, as in “Recto/Verso.”