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Sean Alexander – Drawingzzz

By Patternbank On December 6, 2012 · In Inspiration

Sean Alexander is an artist and illustrator based in Tacoma, Washington but also spends time in Brooklyn, New York. Influenced by traditions in children’s book illustration, American folk art, cartooning and Scandinavian handicraft, his work has a simple humble line but with drawings full of meaning and feelings. The curious characters that emerge from such detailed patterns, hidden folk tales and Sean’s own life are curiously captivating. See more of Sean’s drawings at seanalexander.net and on flickr.

Daniel Brown – Digital Floral Art

By Patternbank On December 3, 2012 · In Inspiration

Daniel Brown is a highly talented designer, programmer and artist, who has worked for an impressive client list including Selfridges & Co, Le Printemps Paris, Mulberry, Victoria & Albert Museum, Conran Architects, Nick Knight Studio, Sony and Dazed and Confused. Part of Brown’s work is in generative animation where patterns grow, develop and mutate within a set of programmed rules. In an exhibition at the V&A called Decode, Brown was commissioned to create a three-story high generative flower work. The petals of the flowers are generated textures derived from works from the museum archive including William Morris textiles and Kimono fabrics. You can see more of Daniel Brown’s highly creative work at danielbrowns.com and his company play-create.com.

Florian Meisenberg – Computer Cursors, Icons and Cartoonish Characters

By Patternbank On November 28, 2012 · In Inspiration

Patternbank love Florian Meisenberg’s paintings with their cartoonish characters and surreal objects that appear in ambiguous layouts on the canvas. Meisenberg uses a wonderful array of subdued ice cream colours that sit on pale backgrounds with the odd painted computer cursor or icon popping out at us. Check out more of his playful paintings at the wentrupgallery.com

Eva Isaksen – Nature in Layers

By Patternbank On November 22, 2012 · In Inspiration

Inspired by nature, organic forms and repetition, Eva Isaksen primarly works with thin papers, where she prints, draws, cuts up and mixes layers of beautiful delicate imagery on to her canvas. The result is these wonderful paintings and drawings that explore a love of colour, line, material, space and form. Isaksen likes to explore how art as a process is changing and growing just like the natural world that inspires her. Patternbank love the printed quality to her work and the hidden patterns that emerge on to the canvas. You can see more of her work at evaisaksen.com

Kerstin-Brätsch at Gavin Brown

By Patternbank On November 13, 2012 · In Inspiration

These beautiful shapes and patterns created in the traditional technique of stained glassmaking are by the artist Kerstin Brätsch. In her solo exhibition at Gavin Brown in New York, Brätsch worked with master glassmaker Urs Rickenbach and his workshop Glas Mäder in Zurich. Patternbank love the abstract shapes of colour and transparent light created when viewing her work.

Barry McGee – Fusing Imagery

By Patternbank On November 12, 2012 · In Graphics

Patternbank love Barry McGee’s unique personal style of fusing together found and invented imagery along with tags and assorted objects. Influenced by Mexican muralists, tramp art, the graffiti artists of the 70′s and 80′s and the San Francisco Beat poets, he creates a unique visual language. McGee, also known by his street name, Twist, is acclaimed for his work in the street and for his painted installations in galleries, museums and art festivals around the world. You can see more of his work at the Prism Gallery in California where he exhibited earlier this year.

Samantha Keely Smith – Inner Worlds

By Patternbank On November 8, 2012 · In Inspiration

Samantha Kelly Smith’s skill in colour can be seen in these beautiful paintings, where she strives to represent both hostile and natural worlds together. Patternbank love the way she uses paint to create these alluring inner worlds that hover between dream and reality, in a way that is simultaneously alluring and menacing. To see more of New York-based artist Samantha Keely Smith visit her website.

Collage Art Chaos – Marco Migani

By Patternbank On October 22, 2012 · In Inspiration

These captivating optical collages are the work of Marco Migani aka Inserirefloppino. Italian artist Migani, combines great colours, optical pattern and geometric shapes in his cut and sprayed pieces. Patternbank love the playful aspect of the urban and rural landscapes which have been chopped and twisted to create mesmerizing patterns.