Rennie Mac All Over by Carole Rossi

 

Rennie Mac All Over

 

Carole Rossi

 

45 x 15 inches

ARTIST STATEMENT

I fell in love with the work of late 19th/early 20th century Scottish architect, designer, and water colorist Charles Rennie Mackintosh when visiting Glasgow several years agoAmong his many beautiful designs is the famous Mackintosh rose.   I began with my hand-drawn image of the rose, which I embellished with metallic paintsI then created numerous additional circles, which I hand-painted to “suggest” a roseI then made a pattern with sweeping curves to create lots of movement.  I placed the circles throughout the piece, so as to lead your eye upward.  I wanted the piece to reflect joy, movement and precision, in honor of Rennie Mackintosh’s work. 

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES

Materials: Commercial batik and solid cottons, variegated blue-violet yarn, rayon thread, Lumiere metallic paint, Dream cotton batting.    

Techniques:   Machine pieced on Bernina 820, hand painted.