Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Inspiration - Gail Rieke, collage artist


The studio of Gail Rieke, collage artist in New Mexico. I love this whole room- my heartbeat actually sped up when I saw this image- especially the little area on the right:


I love the intense textural layers of various tannin and nicotine stain hues, the regimental squares and lines.

An example of her work:



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2 comments:

Erin Curry said...

I love her work, Fiber Arts Magazine (i think) did an article on her a while back I had the same reaction, then I found a catalogue at a local booksale, turns out she went to the same college I did (much longer ago).

A COLLAGE A DAY said...

all of her work is wonderful!!

r.