Carly Swenson | Intuitive Painter

Tag: patterns

  • Mindfulness in Repetition, 2018-2019:

    Mindfulness in Repetition, 2018-2019:

    Artist Statement: I’ve found a love of line and pattern I’d never appreciated before. Mandala designs have always appealed to me. (Since human minds love finding patterns and appreciate symmetry, it’s understandable that this art form has a cross-cultural aesthetic appeal.) However, until recently, I’d always been too intimidated to try creating my own. In…

  • artist’s way III: week 1 • artist date

    artist’s way III: week 1 • artist date

    For my first artist date, I took time to simply sketch. It was simple and relaxing. I used reference images from my simple 365 photography project. I sketched quick vignettes of natural textures, man-made patterns, flowers and plants, etc.     And apparently, my little cat also found my sketching time quite relaxing.