Anna Niestroj aka Blink Blink is part of the Berlin Handmade and DIY scene, she was born in Poland and bought up in Germany. She creates these beautiful handmade patterns with a beautiful mix of bright colours, lines, shapes and textures from her studio in Berlin. She also runs her own very interesting blog, go check out more of her excellent work on Flickr.
Patternbank love the work of NYC born artist Max Rippon (Ripo), now based in Barcelona. Heavily influenced by sign painting, Ripo creates text-based work with an urban aesthetic. Elaborately-drawn fonts, formed with watercolour, ink, graphite, sign painters enamel and oil pastels on delicate hand-cut paper, allow us to appreciate the aesthetics of the words regardless of their associations. Using techniques of calligraphy and layering, Ripo crafts letters that appear to jut and curve outside of the page in swift, fluid motion. Bleeding colours and splashes of paint burst beyond the constraints of the page, rendered in incredibly fine detail. To see more of his work both in the streets and studio check out his website ripovisuals.com and at whitewallssf.com
Patternbank are loving the way Harold Hollingsworth re-interprets vintage lettering and embellishments into beautiful layered large scale mixed media paintings. They contain a great deal of texture and depth with the beautiful hand painted vintage lettering dissected and then overlaid on to canvas and panels. For more of Harold’s work check out his website.
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.
Patternbank love the sketchy quality in the work of graphic artist Philip Dennis. Trained in illustration at University of Brighton, Dennis spent time in Japan before returning to the U.K. to focus on his illustration. His style is heavily influenced by comic books and the hatching techniques used by artist John Romita Jr. who fired his interest in illustration as a child. Dennis creates his pieces by scanning, layering and collaging his hand drawn images and experimental mark making on the computer, and finally colours them digitally to produce the final artwork.
“See Inside Box for Details,” aims to re-evaluate our understanding of product advertising by juxtaposing unlikely and confronting elements into some of our most loved and well known consumer icons. Australian artist Ben Frost is known for his kaleidoscopic Pop Art, mash-up paintings that take inspiration from areas as diverse as graffiti, collage, photorealism, comics books and sign-writing.
José Parla’s paintings are a visual narrative of his experiences in different cities, drawing inspiration from urban landscapes and the energy and memories that inform him. Through layering of paint, abstract painterly dabs, collaged materials, filling and often obscuring it’s contents in successive layers he creates these wonderful “memory documents” as he calls them. Parlá was born in Miami, Florida, he began painting in 1983 in the style of subway art. Mostly known by the street artist name Ease, Parlá moved to New York in 1997. To see more of his engaging works visit joseparla.com
These amazingly powerful, experimental drawings and paintings are the creations of Tosha Albor. Tosha is a visual artist born in Manila and currently based in San Francisco. She completed a BTEC in Fine Art at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury, UK. In her work she embrasses the act of construction and deconstruction, with the addition of mark-making and free flowing narratives being another important factor driving her paintings. See more of her work on her site toshaalbor.com
