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Dots. Raised or flat, they have a multitude of uses. They keep us driving in the correct lane; they end sentences. On old printers, they formed characters. They represent letters and numbers to the blind by way of Braille. In that form, they also inspire artist Christopher French to create. After discovering a book of Braille paper, French began using the raised symbols of dots to plan out—to "graph"—his colorful, geometric paintings of filled circles, or, um…bigger dots. At first, French was taken with the texture of the paper alone. But he says of his progression, "Indeed, by 1991 the text had become the image, with each series of seemingly abstract paintings stimulated by a historical work of literature." Holly Johnson Gallery, 1411 Dragon St., features French's first solo Dallas exhibition, Color Culture: Themes and Variations, through March 24. Check it out and you'll be seeing dots. Call 214-369-0169 or visit hollyjohnsongallery.com.
Feb. 9-March 24