From the Archives: Fictional Portraits, 2005-06
Stripey Lady. Mixed media on found fabric, 2005 by Sarah Atlee.
Mask Lady 2. Ink on paper (sketchbook page), 2005-06 by Sarah Atlee.
Yellow Girls. Mixed media on canvas, 2005 by Sarah Atlee.
Brideshead Revisited, Revisited. Oil on found fabric, 2005 by Sarah Atlee.
Sketchbook 2012: No Trespassing Quilt
Sketchbook 2012: No Trespassing, mixed media, 2012 by Sarah Atle
No Trespassing, mixed media collage sketch, 2012 by Sarah Atlee
Like the Millennium Quilt series, I made this drawing while my mother was recovering from surgery. I thought it would be interesting to create a geometric composition based on a (blurry) photograph. Abstraction through pixellation, although the original photograph is the digital media, whereas the drawing below is analog.
Fijian, jiving, and scheme are cool words.
Sketchbook 2012: No Trespassing quilt sketch, ink and colored pe
No Trespassing Quilt, ink and colored pencil on paper, 2012 by Sarah Atlee
Sketchbook 2012: Day/Night Quilt
Day/Night Quilt sketch, ink on paper, 2012 by Sarah Atlee
I had so much fun with my Millennium Quilt series that I raced right into this quilt concept for a friend's impending baby.
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I began cutting and piecing not long after finishing the sketch, though it was almost another year before I completed the quilt proper.
At one point, I was so enamored with the finished sections of the quilt that I decided to turn one of them back into 2-dimensional art. I'll post pictures of that piece next week.
Here are pictures of the near-completed quilt in my studio (I just love the morning light in here):
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Day/Night Quilt, detail view in the studio, 2013 by Sarah Atlee
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Day/Night Quilt, detail view in the studio, 2013 by Sarah Atlee
Update: See the portion of this quilt that became a painting.
Sketchbook 2012: Millennium Quilt Series
I do some of my best drawing while my mother is in the hospital.
Millennium Quilt I, ink on paper, 2012 by Sarah Atlee
Yes, these are a tad late for the calendar millennium. I named these after Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy. I've listened to the audio editions of these books many times.
Millennium Quilt II, ink on paper, 2012 by Sarah Atlee
Filling grids with color is a gratifying way to pass the time, but I consider these patterns for potential real-life quilts. The notes at the bottom of this sketch indicate how many pieces of each color I would need.
Millennium Quilt III, ink on paper, 2012 by Sarah Atlee
Sketchbook 2013: Grids
Three selections on the Grid theme from my 2013 sketchbook.
Sketchbook cover, mixed media and found paper collage
Polka Dot Grid, ink on paper
Photo collage, one-inch photo cutouts and found objects
This last one is a product of a photo reference purge in my Oklahoma City studio. I chose my favorite photos, then chose my favorite square inch from each of those.
Expect more sketchbook selections here on the Blog, and later, up in the Images section of the site.