--- title: "I See - An Optical Illusion Paint-By-Numers" description: "Jonty Hurwitz's "I See" Print Edition transforms a landscape into an eye, exploring how mathematics and optics shape our perception as reality gazes back." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "alternateName": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://sentient.art/sentient-art-logo-dark.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Sculpture editions and unique artworks by Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff — where art meets science.", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org" } } ] }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebPage", "name": "Loading edition…", "description": "Loading edition details", "url": "https://sentient.art/edition/i-see-print-edition", "isPartOf": { "@type": "WebSite", "name": "Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "url": "https://sentient.art" } }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#org", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "legalName": "Mathematics of Self Ltd.", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "logo": "https://wdrxdfvnnrdahkzifhxs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/blog-assets/site-settings/logo/1779723800851-m6hr4e-Original-Sentient-Logo-Black.png", "founder": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yifat Davidoff" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sentient.art/#website", "url": "https://sentient.art/", "name": "Official Site: Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff", "description": "Art born from science. 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The ocean becomes consciousness, the island an iris—an emblem of nature’s watchfulness and our inescapable reciprocity with it.", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jonty Hurwitz", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dr. Yifat Davidoff", "sameAs": "https://sentient.art/about" }, { "@type": "Person", "name": "sentient.art" } ], "isPartOf": { "@type": "CollectionPage", "name": "Print Edition" } } ] --- [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [ The Art of Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff ](/) [](/ "Home") ![sentient.art](/sentient-art-icon.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo.png)![sentient.art](/sentient-art-logo-dark.png) # I See Edition Size:  99 Artist Copies:  9 Year:  2025 Dimensions:  100w x 75h (cm) Materials:  Oil On Canvas ![Jonty Hurwitz & Yifat Davidoff, I See, Oil On Canvas, 2025](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/edition-images/edition-f91539c7-ca99-43c0-984d-f1b7e32119fc-compressed-1779669575844.jpg?width=1600&quality=85&resize=contain) ## Related concepts - [Perceptual Illusion as Medium](/concepts/perceptual-illusion-as-medium) - [Optical Illusion](/concepts/optical-illusion) - [Anamorphosis](/concepts/anamorphosis) - [Observer-Dependent Reality](/concepts/observer-dependent-reality) ![I See — Eye Sea Closeup 3.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778797431625-n4o0j2h.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![I See — eyesea wall.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778797436806-lrzucbl.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) ![I See — Eye Sea Closeup 1.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/content-assets/1778797444283-iq6eq6q.png) ![I See — Eye Sea Closeup 2.png](https://fgxztnkqkimoutnckwrs.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/content-assets/1778797437946-ka57jac.png?width=1024&quality=80&resize=contain) Collaboration between Paul Beel and Jonty Hurwitz An island rises from the expanse of ocean, its contours assembling into the unmistakable form of an eye. What first appears as landscape gradually transforms into presence, reminding us that the world does not merely receive our gaze—it returns it.This metamorphic vision evokes the paradox of perspective: we look outward to comprehend the vastness, yet within that vastness we find ourselves seen. Like tides governed by distant forces, the painting gestures to our embeddedness in systems larger than our understanding. The ocean becomes consciousness, the island an iris—an emblem of nature’s watchfulness and our inescapable reciprocity with it. 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