There are many artists like me who cannot seem to escape their attraction to pattern and decoration and use it in their art. A recent find is Julie Phillips, an artist living in Omaha , Nebraska, who uses mixed media and feels "that there is a "whole truth" in our human need for beauty and calm, for hope and comfort". Her love of rich, exotic textiles is very evident in her work. Her description of "landscapes of pattern" struck a cord with me because of my new series (yet unveiled to the general public). While I am creating landscapes with transfers of vintage wallpapers they do not look like Julie's work. It is her stacking and layering of imagery that makes her reference to landscape work for me.
Julie Phillips , 2010Painted Tapestry XIII, Handmade acrylic, spray enamel and metallic thread on Belgian linen 72 x 78 inches
Her work can be found at Anderson O' Brien Fine Art.
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Looking at Julie Phillips work is like looking at an exotic garden. My love of pattern probably started when learning to write the alphabet and each letter had to be coloured and patterned. Repetative capital R's were a great joy.
Very nice!
Stunning example of texture & pattern...I remember tracing my finger around a floral rug when I was little...the scrolls the petals...things like that stay with one forever. Thank you for sharing this work!
Julie's work is lovely, thank you
for sharing that link.
Colour, pattern, and beauty have returned to the world and nothing, at least to me, could be more welcome.
Very yummy!
"There are many artists like me who cannot seem to escape their attraction to pattern and decoration.."
Yep, count me in.
hello margaret,
thanks for the link! you were right; i love her work! i think that the posts you've written on pattern lately are great. your documentation of old wallpaper is very interesting!
i wonder why we love patterns so much - we find it in the arts and crafts of so many cultures. but we find repeating patterns in lots of music as well, so it's obvious that we need structures...
it'll be interesting to see your work once you're ready to show it to us.
Perhaps, like quilts, wallpapers can be felt, touched, traced. I believe with encroaching technology we seek that tactile quality more and more these days! Thanks for sharing!
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