Artist Bisa Butler draws from an array of vibrant patterned fabrics to create portraits of everyday people.
She avoids representational colors, favoring layered jewel-toned hues to form the skin of her Black subjects, and often groups figures together into strong silhouettes.
“I have always been drawn to portraits,” Butler explains in a statement on her gallery’s website.
“I was the little girl who would sit next to my grandmother and ask her to go through her old family photo albums. I was the one who wanted to hear the story behind every picture.”
“This inquisitiveness has stayed with me to this day. I often start my pieces with a black and white photo and allow myself to tell the story.”
Butler studied fine art at Howard University. In a video interview by BRIC TV, the artist explains that she began using fabric in her paintings in college, and then converted to quilting as a way to continue her dedicated art practice while protecting her young daughter from toxic materials and fumes.
Her quilts are full of motion, heritage, tradition, and beauty. They represent a merging of artistic excellence and quilting magic.
Bisa Butler‘s amazing quilting can be found at https://www.instagram.com/bisabutler/ and at at sights and galleries around the Internet.
Yes it is!
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Isn’t her work amazing? Thank you so much for visiting!
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BEAUTIFUL artwork!
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Absolutely!!
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You are wonderful too! Mwa!
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I love how much color they have. I want them to never fade.
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Her talent is as impressive as much as the love that seems to go into each piece. I think that’s why I’ll be forever in awe of artists like her.
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Wow, I love these. They make me despair for my own lacks. 🙂
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Oh it was my pleasure! Her work is just amazing.
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I was so blown away with the way she made portraits of people with fabric. There were a lot more to choose from, too. She is marvelous!
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You are wonderful! Thank you!
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Thank you for the referral!
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Reblogging this to my readers at sister site Timeless Wisdoms
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When you can do this with fabric; your a great artist !! Wonderful !!!
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Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing these works.
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