Suzanna Fields explores the spontaneity of paint through a combination of innovative experimental techniques, “I extrude, pour, drip, spill, spray, cut up, brush on and draw with paint and ink in my paintings”, to create these huge scale pieces. Interactions between paints ad inks create pieces full of organic depth, texture and vibrant patterns. See more of her work at suzannafields.com
We’ve seen a massive trend in the use of objects to build visual images and photographic portraits. The Patternbank team spotted these amazing unconventional portraits recently. Artist Guy Whitby, aka WorkByKnight(WBN) is the creative mastermind behind these mesmerizing visual statements. Using anything from crochet elements, keyboard keys and discarded buttons to recreate celebrities, paintings, landscapes and animals in these hands on art pieces.
Patternbank brings you the key print highlights from the recent Milan Fashion Week catwalk shows. In this first instalment we’ve edited down the strongest print trend highlights for Spring/Summer 2013. Watch out for Part 2 which will follow shortly. Also keep an eye out for our print highlight report on Paris Fashion Week which we will also be featuring here at Patternbank.
Etro photos via Vogue.co.uk
Roberto Cavalli photos via Vogue.co.uk
Missoni photos via Vogue .co.uk
Antonio Marras photos via Vogue.co.uk
Iceberg photos via Vogue.co.uk
Marni photos via Vogue.co.uk
Mark Bradford is known for his grid-like abstract paintings combining collage with paints. Bradford’s “A Truly Rich Man is One Whose Children Run into His Arms Even When His Hands Are Empty” (2008), nearly 9 feet wide and 9 feet tall, according to Maxwell Heller in The Brooklyn Rail, “calls to mind the charred and shattered windshields of cars burned in riots—black, webbed with streaks of light, sleek. If studied section by section, it offers traces of the artist’s sensual, tactile process, revealing delicate layers of found material sliced and sanded, lacquered and pasted until transformed.” View more of his work here.
Patternbank have been inspired by this bold, angular artwork created by Australian photo-media artist, Liesl Pfeffer. Using combinations of toy camera photos, vintage fabrics and drawings, she constructs these crisp landscapes and gemstones, achieving great depth and dimension.
Patternbank are loving Katie Scott’s surreal anatomy and scientific illustrations. A recent Brighton University illustration graduate, Katie uses scanned watercolor swatches to create these amazing studies. We love the subtle blue and green hues that gel the illustrations together in a truly natural way. See more of her work on her portfolio site katie-scott.com
| Long ago when mobile phones were the size of houses and the closest thing to the internet was the loading screens on a zx spectrum. There was a kid who could almost always be found scribbling away. Conjuring up imagery of anything and everything from hyper advanced cars to magnificent beasts. That kid was Scott Balmer. After graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art & Design in Scotland, Balmer started life as a freelance illustrator and has never looked back since. Patternbank is digging Scott’s trippy graphic explorations in colour and pattern. With clients like Umbro, The Guardian, Howies and The New York Times magazine already tapping into his creative mindset, he’s definitely one to watch. See more of his illustration portfolio here. |
