Friday Favorite: Becky Alprin - Mixed-Media Map Art

Friday Favorite: Becky Alprin

11/2/2012

This Friday’s Feature artist is Becky Alprin!

Her work explores human nature through the built environment and its relationship to the surrounding landscape. During her most recent residency at Spiro Arts in Utah this summer, Becky created a body of drawings from geologic data and the historical record that memorialize a specific location on the earth by compressing all the eras of its life into one moment!

I especially love her topographical drawings and map reliefs!

Extents, 2009, acrylic paint and graphite on paper, 22 x 30 inches

Extents, 2009, acrylic paint and graphite on paper, 22 x 30 inches

Dissolution, 2009, acrylic paint and graphite on paper, 36 x 50 inches

Dissolution, 2009, acrylic paint and graphite on paper, 36 x 50 inches

Cityscape 1, 2007, Foam core on wallboard, 30 x 40 inches

Cityscape 1, 2007, Foam core on wallboard, 30 x 40 inches

Cityscape 2, 2008, acrylic, 36 x 24 inches

Cityscape 2, 2008, acrylic, 36 x 24 inches

To find out more about Becky Alprin and her art, visit her website here!

TGIF!
Mary^

laurie link

11/2/2012 05:08:13 am

wow, she's very talented,

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Christine link

11/2/2012 06:33:54 am

what wonderful textures and space in her work!

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Sinead link

11/2/2012 08:56:29 am

Hi from your fellow BYW student! You are doing a great job with your blog - a lovely way to discover new art.

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Kat Sloma link

11/2/2012 11:19:46 am

I love Becky's contour map inspired work! Thanks for the introduction.

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Lisa Isabella Russo link

11/4/2012 06:40:32 am

The topographical pieces are very clever, I also love her cityscapes! They are intriguing.

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Sarah Fantuzzo link

11/7/2012 03:22:33 am

Hi Mary,

It's Sarah from BYW. Great stuff here! I love Becky's work, especially the combination of line and shape.

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