Linda Leviton:
Patterns and shapes are everywhere. Patterns represent the
structural makeup of everything in our world. Sound waves,
molecules, cells, leaves, fingerprints….Shapes are the
building blocks of patterns as well as the compression of
pattern. To combine these two is to balance between the microcosm
and the macrocosm in our world, the seen and the unseen.
I often feel that whatever an artist creates cannot equal
what nature displays. But I can select elements to communicate
my vision. Nature in my palette and is an endless source of
pattern, texture, and form. It inspires me. Whether I am looking
at crushed stone on a mountain side or the trails of insect
infestation in rotting wood, I am fascinated by it. The varieties
of texture, scale, color and form are everywhere. Whether
looking at a macro or micro level, patterns repeat in fresh
formations.
I make symbolic landscapes because there are other ways to
look at a landscape than recreating a snapshot of a particular
vantage point. Whether reflecting planar surfaces of rock
or the curve of flowing water, these varied modules in the
“Patterns of Nature” series come together to make
landscapes of elements, weather patterns and flora in a sequence
like a story of the world that I want to see.
While my everyday landscape is filled with shopping centers,
traffic, and housing developments, I choose to have my personal
landscape filled with the details that get overlooked in everyday
life. The pieces are poems that I have written to myself.
Each year, the Katie Gingrass Gallery takes Linda Leviton's
work to SOFA.
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| Vessels |
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| Becoming
Sound 1 & 2, each panel 18"x60"x 2.5”
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| Copper Quilt with Patterns
of Nature |
Patterns of Nature -
Wave Panels |
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| Four Patterns of Nature
Strips & Two Box Units |
installed in a corporate
headquarters. |
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| Patterns of Nature Strips
from above- Shown Together |
Patterns of Nature -
Wave Series |
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| Diagonal Quilt |
Square Across Quilt |
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| Ripple Effect I |
Ripple Effect II |
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| Patterns of Nature |
Shapes & Patterns |
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| Going in Circles |
Red Collage |
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| Jazz |
Under the Microscope |
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| One Two Three Four |
Over & Under |
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| Head |
Hand |
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| Four Seasons Circle Quilt |
Spring & Winter |
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| Autumn Improv |
Presence of Mind |
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