Velvet Conjunctiva (2025)
$3800
Oil on birchwood panel. 60" x 24" x 3."
This work presents the tones and shapes seen behind closed eyes under a regular light exposure. The tunneling magenta lines evoke phosphene patterns that are ever changing, looping, infinite.
Prisoners Cinema (2025)
$3800
Oil on birchwood panel. 60" x 24" x 3."
Two spotlight forms overlap, the buzzing of the light's photonic activity visible in the vibrating lines.
Blind (s) (2025)
$3800
Oil on birchwood panel. 60" x 24" x 3."
Layers of heavy paint are scratched and sanded away to reveal the imprint of lines burned into the retina, mimicking the forms one sees after an elongated look through the blinds.
Erythropsia II (Ode to the Penny) (2026)
$920 floated and framed, $2360 for full set (II, III, and IV)
Etching, monotype, and colored pencil on BFK paper
Mimicking the form of Ryan's 2025 painting, Erythropsia, this rendition displays the delicate, subtle colors and markings of an oxidizing penny.
Erythropsia III (2026)
$920 floated and framed, $2360 for full set (II, III, and IV)
Etching, monotype, and colored pencil on BFK paper.
Glowing etched green lines vibrate delicately between an oscillating smokey blue and dusky orange.
Erythropsia III (2026)
$920 floated and framed, $2360 for full set (II, III, and IV)
Etching, monotype, and colored pencil on BFK paper.
A soft glowing pink outlines alternating currents of grainy deep turquoise and electric violet.
Ryan Dempsey (b. 2002) is an Arizona born painter and printmaker currently based in PHX and LA. His work explores changing human perception in the digital age, often translating liminal spaces to 2D surfaces. For over three years, Ryan has pursued an in-depth exploration of the framework behind the half-glimpsed chromas, glimmers, and entoptic visuals that punctuate the embodied human experience.
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Closeup of Velvet Conjunctiva