Best of 2015: 13 Artist’s Picks

Monday, December 28th, 2015

Artist's Choice: Best of 2015 from Amy Crook

It’s the most reflective time of the year, when we all think back on what was shiny and good in the previous year. Since I enjoyed the post so much last year, I thought I’d once again choose a baker’s dozen of favorites, first month by month and finally one art to rule them all. Or something.

January

Plant This Acorn by Amy Crook

Plant This Acorn by Amy Crook

Some warmth and hope in the cold winter, and a bit of Hobbit fandom slipping in there as well.

February

Stardust, abstract art by Amy Crook

Stardust, abstract art by Amy Crook

The shine of a light in the darkness. A scattering of blue-ghost stars. And another one with words on it, this time a favorite Carl Sagan quote.

March

Smoke 2, abstract art by Amy Crook

Smoke 2, abstract art by Amy Crook

I love the way the green in this deconstructs itself into blue and gold and then rejoins into a pine green like the smoke off of three sticks of incense, lit together and drifting in and out of each others’ orbits.

April

Loom, abstract art by Amy Crook

Loom, abstract art by Amy Crook

No one ever sees what I see in my abstracts but I love that about them. Is it trees and a looming figure, is it warp of some fuzzy yarn waiting for the weft, is water dripping down steamed-up windows. What do you see?

May

Growth 4 by Amy Crook

Growth 4 by Amy Crook

I think I’m just going to do one of these every year or so forever, strange little explorations into monochrome and repetition of a single shape. Circle, circle, circle, splat.

June

Two for Joy by Amy Crook

Two for Joy by Amy Crook

I love the fog and the tree and the rush of wind across the plains, the figure almost swallowed by the fog but still there, looking your way.

July

Sky Scraped by Amy Crook

Sky Scraped by Amy Crook

Construction or destruction? The sky is scraped clean by the storm and the world runs to ruins.

August

Painted Ladies by Amy Crook

Painted Ladies by Amy Crook

Another contender for a favorite, this row of quaintly creepy Victorians are painted in an eerie monochrome. What lives inside each of them, or do they live in themselves?

September

Jade City, watercolor by Amy Crook

Jade City, watercolor by Amy Crook

Clouds, rain, buildings, and a limited palette — a theme much like the painting above and yet the results feel completely different.

October

Halloween Trees 2 by Amy Crook

Halloween Trees 2 by Amy Crook

Delicate brown trees against a beautiful sky full of orange, pink, and gold, and of course five black birds coming home to roost.

November

Midnight Raven by Amy Crook

Midnight Raven by Amy Crook

November had a lot of good to choose from, but this raven stole my heart with his subtle color and shimmer.

December

Blood Moon 6 by Amy Crook

Blood Moon 6 by Amy Crook

From a bright white moon to a rich red blood moon, and back to the strange cityscapes that are my new obsession.

Best of 2015

Bees by Amy Crook

Bees by Amy Crook

And finally, BEES. I did the ink was and drew the bees live on Periscope, and ended up very happy indeed with the results. Just two colors, the amber and black, and it manages to capture all the buzzing beauty of the hive and honeycomb.

What was your favorite?

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