The Work of Ingrid Calame

This does not seem very familiar. The way she creates her paintings is  much different then the way i create. When she sits down to a start working she has a no plan instead she starts and lets the art lead her. When I start artwork i like to know what I am about to create. Though that is not always a good thing because sometimes its better to just dive in and see where you end up. Ingrid Calame is an artist from California who make art that is based on cartographyy. She makes her paintings by tracing interesting things that she finds and then bringing them back to her studio and painting in the lines. She does this because she feels like the real art in life can be found on the streets and in everyday life. 

This picture is my favorite out of all her drawings. The different lines my seem out of order and all over the place but if you look at it closely every line is carefully traced and continues in a very precise way. The color contrast makes every line different. The variety in the pattern of the lines make every line and unique as well. When you look at this painting a number of times it never looks the same. Of course some lines you remember but there is always something knew to notice.