Micrographs

These large-scale works were directly inspired by the ideas of Charles Eammes in the film cum book Powers of Ten. In this Film he goes form Microcosm to Macrocosm looking at the smallest DNA, to human skin, to humans on a picnic blanket, to the world, the universe, the cosmos, in essence scaling up and down by Powers of Ten. Healey’s Micrographs have a sense of pure scintillating energy. The layering of colour dots, blobs and splurges creates a subtle sense of movement and energy. These works take optical colour mixing to a new level. Unlike, the pointillists the paintings subject is paint, energy and colour. If interpreted from the Abstract Expressionist viewpoint, these works as subtle states of mind.