http://patternsofreflection.com Geometric Art Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:58:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Recently Fred McCoy of creativefluff.com and I have been corresponding. They (probably Katherine O'Brien) are interested in doing a review of my geometric art, so I sent a DVD of some work and, belatedly, a bio. It was interesting to sit down and think through how my work ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/10/12/how-i-got-here/ Over the past week I've been experimenting with doing more manipulation of the source image before transforming it geometrically -- increasing the color saturation and using brush effects. It started with a series of English Setter pictures that I enhanced with a watercolor technique. Then, using similar techniques, ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/09/06/painterly/ Some bits I noticed in patterns lately. http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/09/06/whos-there/ I'd like to hear any reactions you have to this. http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/09/05/what-do-you-see/ Coming back from vacation it has been hard to find time to make designs, but last night I was expecting to play table tennis, only to discover that they were sanding the floors. So having a free evening, I made this new design. It's another attempt to deal ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/08/28/ring-of-reds-geometric-pattern-in-detail/ I'll be camping in New Hampshire and Maine for two weeks. Hope to gather source material for lots of patterns. http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/08/09/camping/ The colors, that is, not the fruit or the ground cover. I took this picture several years ago in Virginia. The bold bright line of the stick and the shadows, colors and curves in the leaves have been the basis for many patterns. Here I've arranged it into a ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/08/05/orange-and-periwinkle/ In an earlier post I alluded to the fact that source material with the highest connectivity tends to have a limited range of color. Here's an excellent example. I took this picture of a pile of brush when we were camping in Maine. Neutral colors but lots ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/07/27/connection-unlimited-geometric-art-in-detail/ In response to . . . well, because I wanted to, I've created some designs specifically for printing on clothing and other articles.  The first are black and white T-shirt designs, because, as my daughter Karin points out, Black is Cooler.  Which, once I get into the product mindset, strikes ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/07/24/geometric-design-products/ I keep discovering byproducts of my tools that allow new geometric effects.  For this design I started with a black and white checkered design and transformed it into a pattern of eights in black and white.  Then I went back and colored the checkered design, using dark colors for the ... http://patternsofreflection.com/index.php/2008/07/15/inlaid-pattern-in-eights/