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Lava, Kathleen Probst, 2015 |
In my exploration of the use of organic shapes in minimalist composition, I stumbled upon the stunning work of
Kathleen Probst, an American textile artist whose solo show opens this month at the Visions Art Museum in San Diego, CA.
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Rising, Kathleen Probst, 2015 |
Probst achieves an effect of transparency with her careful choice of colours, using hand-dyed cloth. Her quilting adds a subtle dimension and texture to her pebble-like shapes. She works quite large, with dimensions ranging between 30" and 60".
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Dipped Dimension, Kathleen Probst, 2014 |
If you visit her
website, you can see the evolution of Probst's work as she reduces her imagery to its essence.
2 comments:
I'm glad that you discovered Kathleen's work. Your pebble shapes in the last post brought her work to mind.
I can imagine how great these pieces would look in a spare, modern setting.
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