a day at the beach

inspiring work: bridget riley

Bridget Riley in the mid-1960's.  copyright John Goldblatt

High Sky 2, 1992.  copyright Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley in her studio, 1960's.  copyright Bridget Riley

Arrest 3, 1965.  copyright Bridget Riley

Blaze 1, 1962.  copyright Bridget Riley

 
Bridget Riley in her studio 1960.  copyright Bridget Riley

Recently I became aware of Bridget Riley's fantastic geometric paintings.  Born in London, she is known as one of the founding members of the Op Art movement.  Initially she worked in black, white and grey, introducing color in 1967.  In 1968 Riley represented Great Britain in the Venice biennale.  She was the first Bristish contemporary painter, and the first woman, to be awarded the prestigious International Prize for painting.  If you are in London you can see a show of her work at The National Gallery.



Bridget Riley:  Paintings and Related Work

The National Gallery

Trafalgar Square

London

November 24, 2010 - May 22, 2011

thank you nonchalant mom!

I have had a wonderful response to my new website, elephant ceramics, and my new blog!  Thank you to everyone for your lovely comments and feedback!  And thank you to Carina, at nonchalant mom blog, for including one of my pieces in her beautiful Holiday Gift Guide 2010 (pictured above!)  I have long been a fan of Carina's blog, even though I am not a mom! She has a gorgeous website, and blog, which includes all kinds of wonderful info about kids, life, food, fashion and art.  We seem to share a common concern about what kinds of food we should be eating and feeding to children (whole, healthy foods preferably raised by our local, organic farmers.)  And, we both seem to be fans of Dosa and Layla, as well!