It's quite exciting when you're knocked out by the visual impact of a painting. That's just the kind of effect we've come to expect from Dragica Milunovic's work and she certainly doesn't let us down in this exhibition. Here she offers a collection of fourteen works, ranging in size from 150 cm square to 5 cm square, each composed of cross-hatched lines made by the point of a small brush dipped in tints and tones of a single colour.

These paintings are beautifully manipulated monochromatic, linear abstrations each numbered and named for it's hue. The precisely painted marks create either a field of colour or vertical bands that march across the surface of the canvas. The fields and columns are composed of a multitude of small X's that, in some compositions, have the two lines of the X imade from different values of the named colour in the title. These columns are placed on a ground that is either a lighter tint of the hue, or the white canvas. In all instances, variations in the columns and fields of colour create a disruption to the surface rather then just a design on it.

The precision of the work testifies to the fact that these are not 'exercises' rather they are disciplined efforts in studied effects that hold the viewer's attention. The compositions seem to vibrate, flow or undulate and as such are mesmerizing as they create the effect of optical illusions. But then all paintings are optical illusions; we tend to look at daubs of coloured medium on a flat surface and see a landscape, a figure, or a plate of pears.

I was drawn to Lamp Black #7, a myriad of small black X's on a 150 cm square white canvas. This field was interrupted by two sets of three narrow horizontal lines in a lighter value. They are of different lengths and appear to be flying in from opposite sides of the canvas but never connecting. All I could think of was vapour trails in a star studded night sky. Ahhh well, I'm one of those who find all manner of objects and animals in cumulous clouds!

What is most appreciated about these vibrant works is that they exemplify how studies in colour and perceived movement within a limited format can take the artist, and the viewer, so much further then they thought. The exhibits are more about the visual effect of tints, tones, marks, and patterns in paint on canvas. We don't need to get bogged down with trying to interpret the picture or decipher its meaning, instead we can enjoy just falling  into each painting.

Every viewer will have their own response to the works, which suggests the artist feels secure in herself and her craft. Milunovic is quite right to feel that way as here she presents paintings that all but dance off the wall. The more we look at them, the more we see in them. Exciting and excellent work here.