For 2/18- Commercial Art Repetition

This is a vintage Nabisco add I hung in my kitchen. It uses repetition of form (the snacks) and also a grid pattern to maintain a neatness and pleasing overall composition. While the snacks are all similar, several of the pieces vary with specific toppings, using differentiation of form to emphasize the point that these snacks can be eaten in a variety of ways.  

For 2/16- Gestalt Quilt!

This is the quilt on my bed. It uses similarity or repetition of shapes as well as proximity to create a unified pattern. Most of the shapes are triangles or a square with two triangles placed on either end (whatever that shape is called). Quilts, by nature, usually are unified by similar shapes and proximity of those shaped quilt pieces. 

For Wed., 2/11- Andy Goldsworthy

This is one of Andy Goldsworthy's more permanent outside works--a stone fence wrapping and snaking around trees and flowing down the hill and into the river, like a long, lazy snake. The design fascinates me because it seems as if it is a natural phenomenon, as if the rocks wanted to form around and hug the forest and river bank. The colors of the rocks fit with the tree colors. The snow on top of the fence is striking, and the snow is really the only reason the fence sticks out from its surroundings at all.