Quilted

Monday, April 7th, 2014

Quilted, abstract art by Amy Crook

Quilted, abstract art by Amy Crook

This piece started out life as a test for my new Zebra brush pens (in three sizes, woo!), something to doodle while I was on a conference call. I liked the progression of patterns so much I pulled out my travel kit of watercolors and played around long after the call was over, giving each section its own distinct color and texture, but letting them blend a little where they bordered each other.

It reminds me of a quilt, with the bright patterned sections that don’t match, but somehow go together. Thus, the name!

Quilted, 8″x4″ pen & ink and watercolor on Fluid watercolor paper.

Quilted, detail, by Amy Crook

Quilted, detail, by Amy Crook

Above, you can see a close-up of the middle section, the two shades of red in a big swath bordered by orange fading to white on one side, and white fading to blue on the other. Below, I’ve temporarily put it in a frame — for these little odd-sized pieces, I think it looks nice to put it on a mat with transparent photo corners in a slightly larger frame.

Quilted, framed art by Amy Crook

Quilted, framed art by Amy Crook

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