Science of perception v's Laurie Frick

http://www.lauriefrick.com/2009/10/2009-work/

I've been having a browse around to learn more about the science of perception, specifically external or sensory perception....


External or sensory perception tells us about the world outside our bodies. Using our senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste, we perceive colors, sounds, textures, etc. of the world at large. Not hard to figure how that relates to producing design and art work. However, I decided after half an hour or so, the language was too involved (read over my head) and philosophical (read confusing) for me to get into further and I wanted to check out something that rewarded my perception of the computer screen (ha) and encouraged my perception of what my art is all about, in a more immediate fashion!


I found the above link to Laurie Frick's work at booooooom.com in the collage category. I've begun over the last few months to look into other collage artists (and best art blogs), most of the work I have found has been vastly different to the effect I am after and a lot of work I just plain don't like, but Laurie's work is not too far flung from my own sensibilities. I love the overall beauty/colour tones and I think it's great that as you get closer to the pieces she's made, you see remnants from where all the elements that make the whole come from. It's bigger work, I love the scale, would like to aspire to that kind of size!


Inspiration is really important I'm finding. I have felt pretty dry of it for a long while, but still, my brain has been ticking away in the hibernation mode I was in and has got enough fuel now to feel quite chirpy and more awake about where I'm headed creatively. Add that to the impetus to get some design work out as a professional designer and I'm quiet the motivated person compared to last month! What with finding Laurie's work online and playing a little Marc Moulin in the background for ambience - funnily enough, if you go to the Marc Moulin official website the intro page reminded me of Laurie Frick's artwork with it's staggered words all tiled together in a slow-mo close-up.