Art Hound

It’s hard to believe that these pieces by Kate Russo are drawings. The second image is a close-up of the first, called Brother, Sister. I chose these pieces because I really like the harmony created by the circular shapes that visually pop out against the grid-like pattern. Russo has an MFA from Slade School of Fine Art in London and lives in Rockland, Maine. Hopefully you will see some of Kate’s work on Buy Some Damn Art this winter/spring.

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Paige Anderson is an artist from Utah whose work is an exploration of her family and ancestry.

My most recent project represents what I have found while discovering my ancestry: repetition, consistency, veiled connections… Methodical processes also underscore the connection my work has to traditional women’s work—like quilting—as well as daily family rituals, ceremony and pursuing genealogical research… My work also explores the idea that I am but one of a string of genetically linked individuals. This notion has profound implications;… that I am but part of a grand causality. 

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Ashley Goldberg, known for her happy figurative art is stepping into pattern-making.

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Karen Barbé is a textile designer based in Santiago, Chile who I discovered via seesaw. Karen’s designs are made in small batches and sold in her online store. She really has a knack for product photography, doesn’t she?

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Check out these knock-out gouache paintings by Japan-born, Melbourne- based artist, Mami Yamanaka. The painstakingly detailed work has a meditative effect in part because of the familiarity of Yamanaka’s patterns which remind us of growth patterns found in nature. There is a fundamental truth and beauty in these patterns, but there’s also the unmistakable sign of the human hand. After all, these are not fractals but the stuff of Yamanaka’s imagination.

I have always drawn patterns….they have changed over the years by reflecting my own life experience. I have always been interested in a possible connection between my pattern and the shapes of nature. Since migrating to Australia, my patterns have started combining memories of both the Japanese and Australian environments that I have experienced. I am exploring the connection between my patterns and particular environments and their memories. – Mami Yamanaka

Yamanaka is represented by Flinders Lane Gallery which is the source of these images.

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Here’s some work by NYC artist, Greg Hopkins, who was kindly recommended to me by a reader. According to his website, Greg received his MFA from RISD in 2005 and lives in Brooklyn. These are some very awesome, very vibrant patterns!

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