Thread Paintings

These new small-scale paintings were created using gouache on handmade paper. Alexandra Rutsch Brock then “drew” with a sewing machine using various colored threads. Using the thread as a painted line, playing with the marks and motifs the machine allows that creates contrast in both surface and color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a similar color to enhance a texture, other times contrasting as a new element. The entangled threads that dangle down emphasize the materiality. Working so closely to the surface, she is aware of the senses of seeing, breathing, touching and feeling……………escaping into these new surfaces. Alexandra Rutsch Brock has exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA. Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary...

These new small-scale paintings were created using gouache on handmade paper. Alexandra Rutsch Brock then “drew” with a sewing machine using various colored threads. Using the thread as a painted line, playing with the marks and motifs the machine allows that creates contrast in both surface and color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a similar color to enhance a texture, other times contrasting as a new element. The entangled threads that dangle down emphasize the materiality. Working so closely to the surface, she is aware of the senses of seeing, breathing, touching and feeling……………escaping into these new surfaces. Alexandra Rutsch Brock has exhibited in solo and group shows most recently at The Keck School at USC, CA, The Painting Center, NY, Village West Gallery, NJ and Misericordia University, PA. Her work has been featured in Studio Visit Magazine SV Vol44. Her recent co-curations include “HyperAccumulators” with Elizabeth Saperstein at Pelham Art Center, NY and “Among Friends” project with artists Patricia Fabricant and Beth Dary...

Gina Phillips is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...

Contemporary artist, Augustina Droze, uses animals as symbols to describe her personal lived experiences. Her current body of work explores her life as a foreigner, her gaze upon the...

Mosaics is part of my latest series: Roots of a City. Each painting in this series is based on the urban environments of places that I have visited or lived in. There is an emotional...

“The Rubble” series consists of seven tapestry-like paintings hanging from hand-wrapped dowels. The color choice and materials identify what can be destroyed, re-formed, and at some ...

Rising Collection, combines two key elements of my process --- my signature use of needlepoint, plus, mixing powdered pigments, gesso, and marble dust to create my own colors. These ...

"Sign (black)" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the part of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using n...

Rising Collection, combines two key elements of my process --- my signature use of needlepoint, plus, mixing powdered pigments, gesso, and marble dust to create my own colors. These ...

"Circle" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the biggest of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using natu...

Ina Kaur (b. 1980) is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptually driven work responds to imbalances and injustices within social, cultural, and ecological environments. Her practi...

Ina Kaur (b. 1980) is a multidisciplinary artist whose conceptually driven work responds to imbalances and injustices within social, cultural, and ecological environments. Her practi...

Mixed media (70″ x 30″) ABOUT THE ARTIST - Miami based artist Anthony Liggins is best known for his dreamlike, abstract artwork and his process in multi-layered painting. The creati...

Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. She has taught many classes and workshops ac...

GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...

Photorealistic Landscape Embroidery, Flowers, Nature, Framed, Sunrise Penstemons *unframed dimensions 19.25" x 12.25" Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Color...

Medium: acrylic paint, embroidered thread, and hand-sewn beads on canvas MONICA ZERINGUE received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans in 2006 and her BA in 1...

GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...

"Abstract Melange I" Abstract Collage 35" x 39" inch by Neama El Sanhoury Fabric Collage on Linen on Wood ARTIST BIO Neama El Sanhoury's upbringing...

"Waterfowl" Abstract Collage 39" x 31" inch by Neama El Sanhoury Fabric Collage on Linen on Wood ARTIST BIO Neama El Sanhoury's upbringing in what ...

Rachel Wickremer is a Canterbury based painter known for her colourful work exploring the relationship between the maker and the prefabricated, she is...

"Blue #16" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the part of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using natur...

Carol Shinn is a studio artist who lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. She is known internationally for photo-based machine-stitched images. Selected Collections Racine Art Museum, Ra...

PASSAGE is a multilayered composition created with paper and tyvek cut-outs painted with oil, acrylic, and gouache, sealed with polyester mesh. The white, reverse silhouettes...

This is a one of a kind original conceptual encaustic wax painting by San Diego artist, Tiffany Bociek. It's dimensions are 12"x12"x1.5". It is unframed...

This is a one of a kind original surrealist figurative encaustic wax painting by San Diego artist, Tiffany Bociek. It's dimensions are 9"x9"x1.75". It comes framed. A certificate of authenticity will follow delivery. Artist Statement: In this piece, I wanted to create an environment that on the surface looks lovely: the colors are pretty, and the shapes feel inviting. This piece should give the viewer a sense of peace or hope. But I was also looking to explore an unarticulated sense of fear. The children head to a horizon of nothing. There are no trees, buildings, or any recognizable object. In fact, they are heading to unknown. The unknown can be our greatest fear. The fear of not knowing what is ahead of us can be debilitating, this type of fear can pull you back, keep you where you are. This type of fear can say to you: “It’s a scary world out there, better just stay where you are”. Instead of listening to the fear, these children represent the hope that it takes to continue to move forward relentlessly and resiliently. They are the part of us that represents the courage it takes to do thing in spite of pain, suffering, shame, or guilt. It takes courage...

Octavia Art Gallery is pleased to present Marsh Keepers, a solo exhibition of environmental embroidery by Amélie Guthrie in celebration of the natural world and humanity's responsibi...

"Red #2" is an artwork created by Gianluca Patti in 2019. This piece is the part of the Floating Series, which Patti created in 2019. Made using natural...

TENDRIL by Heather Hartman was created for her show titled "Kudzu Season." This painting titled "Tendril," depicts a kudzu vine in white, layered over an at...

DORMANT by Heather Hartman, made for her show "Kudzu Season," is one of a series of four paintings representing the four seasons relative to the Kudzu growth cycle. This painting, titled "Dormant," is the Winter-inspired piece in the series. After the first frost of winter, all of the leaves of the kudzu plant fall off of the vine, leaving it limp and bare. Here, we see the stark outline of a kudzu vine...

This piece by Heather Hartman was created for her exhibit titled "Kudzu Season." This painting, titled FROST, depicts Kudzu during the winter season. It is an enlarged cropped compos...

WATER AND LIGHT (THE THIEF) by Heather Hartman, made for her show "Kudzu Season," is one of a series of four paintings representing the four seasons relative to the Kudzu growth cycle. "Water and Light" is the spring-inspired painting of this seasonal series. During the spring, the kudzu plant begins to awaken from its winter dormancy. The predominantly light blue/sage green atmosphere of this painting gives way to the vibrant curve of a rainbow on the right-hand side of the painting. The leaves of a tree in the background give us the sense that plant life is beginning to flourish. The silhouette of a bare kudzu vine...

In this painting by Heather Hartman, lateral stripes of glossy metallic bronze are overlaid on a blue-grey painting featuring shadows of leaves in the descending sun. The blur effect on the underlying painting suggests that the leaves are blowing in the wind, and the disruption attributed to the hard-edged lines reminds us of window blinds...

This painting is part of a series that explores the light and landscape in Tennessee. Hartman creates an image on paper then stretches a silkscreen on top of the image to create the ...

WHIRL II captures the soft patterned shadow of the leaves. This painting is is part of an on-going series that explores the light and landscape in Tennessee. Hartman creates an image...

Spark #2 (Aura) (Abstract Painting) Plastic bag and thread on paper - Framed Dimensions without frame: 30.5 x 23 cm/ 12 x 9" The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that inte...

Spark #2 (Abstract Painting) Plastic bag and thread on paper - Framed Dimensions without frame: 30.5 x 23 cm/ 12 x 9" The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts ...

Spark #18 (Abstract Painting) Plastic bag and thread on paper - Framed Dimensions without frame: 30.5 x 23 cm/ 12 x 9" The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts...

Spark #7 (Abstract Painting) Plastic bag and thread on paper - Framed Dimensions without frame: 30.5 x 23 cm/ 12 x 9" The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts ...

Poke (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the ...

Tingle (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at th...

Bend 2 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting...

Partly cloudy 44° (Abstract painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed. The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them fro...

Partly cloudy 39° (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed. The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them fro...

Crash 2 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connectin...

Wish 7 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting...

Shout 2 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connectin...

Crash 1 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connectin...

The Times (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, plastic bags and thread on canvas - Unframed. The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shap...

Blue Water Dots (Abstract Painting) Watercolor / work on paper - Unframed This work on paper is made with thread and watercolor. It is a “drawing” of color with a brush, line wit...

Bulge 14 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at ...

Bend 12 (Abstract painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connectin...

Tease 3 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at t...

Bulge 24 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at ...

Mostly cloudy 27° (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed. The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them fro...

Wish 8 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting...

Bend 14 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting and at the same time a transparency is created that allows the viewer to enter through the lines onto the painted surface. The titles of each series can be interpreted as emotional, psychological and physical conditions. This work from the series called Bend is a zig zag fragmented shape with a stitched edge that amplifies its 3 dimensional aspect. The optical effect is sculptural. There is a constant play between drawing, painting and sculpture. The painting has a dynamic energy and yet simultaneously convey a quiet poetry. Holly Miller is an American abstract artist whose paintings strive to merge the optical with the tactile through the language of abstraction. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Communication through the touch (body language) has inspired her tactile abstract paintings. Miller's palette echoes the tones and hues of Italian industrial design from the 60's and 70's, while her shapes recall architecture and urban structures. Her work has a huge affinity to Fontana's physical approach to his paintings and Burri's tactile manipulation of the painting's surface. Ellsworth Kelly's bold shapes and colors have resonated with her on a purely optical level. Agnes Martin’s subtle, quiet, repetitive drawn lines, Fred Sandback’s strong architectural, minimal fiber lines drawn in space, Eva Hesse’s emotionally loaded structured webs, Richard Tuttle’s quirky and fresh drawings and humble objects, Bridget Riley's dynamic, optical compositions have left a deep impression on Miller inspiring her to carve out her own voice in Abstraction. By combining repeated threaded lines with geometric shapes of color, her work conveys many dichotomies: reductive painting and craft, illusion and material, warm and cool, absence and presence, masculine and feminine, bold and subtle, perfection and imperfection... The paintings have a physicality that is described through the monochromatic brush strokes and the punctured holes of the drawn lines that pierce the surface of the canvas, yet from a distance, they appear to be flat and suggest a fine line drawing...

Partly cloudy 44° (Abstract painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed. The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them fro...

Rise 3 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting...

Wish 7 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic, graphite and thread on canvas - Unframed The threaded lines suggest a physical barrier that interrupts the shapes and stops them from connecting...