David Spriggs uses acrylic paint on sheets of transparent film, then hangs them very precisely to create a layered, 3D image.
I didn't know about him (or Xia Xiaowan who uses a similar technique) when I did my paintillation project (below). The difference is that I chose my material to be deliberately semi-opaque, and I didn't secure the bottom of each sheet so that they would be able to flow a bit.
The securing vs. not securing is interesting, though. Sprigg's pieces--the forms he is actually painting--are not precise and methodical like his installation methods. However, because they are so precise, they sort of disappear anyway (and therefore don't impede the overall sense of movement and intangibility).
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