Architectural Butterfly (Dandelion) Clay Johnson As with the shadow boxing

As with the shadow boxing practice in which the athlete spars with his or her own shadow

working them over and over

This is not a strictly conceptual usage however

which are made with a specialized printing surface that leaves a matrix of tiny dots in pattern similar to a photographic halftone

While these are more interested in scale

Architectural Butterfly (Dandelion) Clay Johnson As with the shadow boxingHallard works with the themes of space and geometry, manipulating images and arrangements of objects in order to challenge the perception of the viewer. This artwork plays with an ambiguity alternating between architectural interior and something that appears to be a protruding form. The zones of color, likewise, play mischief instead of proclaiming the concrete.