Bridget riley was born in 1931 in London. She was the daughter of  businessman and was brought up around cornwall. In 1952 riley enrolled in the royal collage of art until 1955. Up until that point riley mainly painted figures and impressionistic landscapes. In 1960 rileys style changed as she studies pointillism taking inspiration from George Seurt. It was these studies which l her to experiment with different compositions and colours to create optical illusions. Riley took inspiration from Vasarley who was know for beginning the founder of op art in the 60s. Rileys style developed and took a geometric turn focusing of monochromatic intricate patterns. Her designs were very clever as they created the illusion of moment.

Rileys work is really interesting. You are instantly hooked and want to keep looking. Her work is really busy through her use of circles and lines her work is very busy however is fully controlled as to create a piece like that you really needs to think it through and plan it which shows that there is a lot of work and thinking out before the picture has even been made. Rileys work is easily recognisable. With her bold style and bold use of colour her work can been al around the word showing the interesting art work from the op movement.

I have taken a lot of inspiration rom rileys work. I love the strong geometric feel her work has and how she tricks your eye simply through compositions and shape. Her work is so eye catching and ionic i love it. I wanted to take from her work the bold use of black and white and how complex her designs can be.