At once cosmic and intimate, Golden Eye pulls the viewer into the haunting precision of vision itself—both mechanical and deeply human. The iris seems to pulse with energy: a swirling, prismatic explosion of color and depth that shifts depending on where you stand.

Rendered with automotive paint on aluminum, the piece blurs the line between illusion and reality, biology and machine. And like many of Maier’s works, it hides a surprise—here, a tiny golden beetle adds an unexpected sense of play, wonder, and reflection.

Golden Eye is more than a feat of technique—it’s a mirror. A reminder that how we see is just as powerful as what we’re looking at.

“GOLDEN EYE”

2019

Dimensions: 48” X 48”

Medium: Axalta Cromax AT on Aluminum

Artist: Peter Maier