A piece that exhibits a great example of maximum dominance is Ellsworth Kelly’s Red Blue Green. Kelly plays a rectangle and a blue curved shape off of what appears to be a green ground. The left side of the piece appears fixed in position, whereas the right side of the artwork has movement. This could be due to the curved shape against the green “ground”, so to say. Kelly exhumes a great intensity of color in this piece of work on a large scale. This draws the viewer’s eyes to the dramatic shapes. Since the shapes are shown in such a way that the edge of the shape goes directly off the page, there is a sense of a large, dominant structure. So dominant, in fact, that it leads your eyes directly off of the page, leaving the viewer unaware of exactly how large the image is stretched off of the canvas. The combination of color and movement make this piece stand out. It appears that Kelly observed the world around him, especially the negative space. By using primary and secondary colors in this color scheme, the viewer gets a simplistic look at how dominance can play a role in moving your eyes in a piece of artwork.
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