I CAME ACROSS BROOKE REIDT WHEN FLICKING THROUGH THE ELEMENT EDEN WEBSITE ABOUT 3 YEARS AGO. BROOKE WAS THE FIRST EVER ADVOCATE FOR THE BRAND & I'VE BEEN ADMIRING HER CREATIONS EVER SINCE. REIDTS WORK CAN BE SEEN ON T-SHIRTS, WALL MURUALS, PLANT POTS & SO ON, WITH EACH PIECE EXPRESSING ENERGY & INDIVIDUALITY.
THROUGH MY COLLEGE PROJECTS I LOOKED TO BROOKE'S ART FOR INSPIRATION, PICKING OUT CERTAIN COLOUR THEMES, THE DETAILS & LAYERING OF MATERIALS, THE USE OF VARIED MEDIUMS & THE QUIRKY DOODLES WHICH ARE INCREDIBLY IMAGINATIVE. THE SUBJECTS INCLUDE GIRLS BLOWING FLOWERS, OWL-MERMAIDS, BRIGHTLY COLOURED BIRDS & WALES PAINTED IN AZTEC PRINTS. HER MORE RECENT WORK, HOWEVER, IS A LITTLE MORE EDGY. WITH A TITLE ON BROOKE'S WEBSITE CALLED 'PATTERNS' IT REVEALS BOLD, BEAUTIFUL & BRIGHTLY COLOURED PATTERNS, WHICH TO MY KNOWLEDGE SHE HAS STARTED TO TURN INTO FABRIC PRINTS.
HERE IS A STATEMENT FROM BROOKE ABOUT HER WORK:
" ASPHYXIATION HAS TAUGHT ME THE ART OF EFFUSION. I AM A METOPOLITAN MERMAID WITH A MOXIE TO LIVE THROUGH CONSTANT MIGRATION. MY PAINTINGS ARE MEMORIES,MARKS AND MAPS TO DOCUMENT MY SALVATION FROM ARTERIOSCLEROSIS CAUSED BY OXIDIZATION. MY DESTINATION IS TO CREATE A CONTAGION OF DEMIURGE THROUGH APOSTROPHE AND SWELL ABOVE THE CATASTROPHE CAUSED BY MODERN DAY MIASMA. THAT IS MY BIO. "
WHEN I WAS IN BALI LAST MONTH, I SAW THE PAINTING ABOVE BEFORE SURFING AT ULUWATU. I WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE IT THERE AFTER I HAD FOLLOWED HER WORK FOR SO LONG. EVERY TIME I LOOK AT A PAINTING BY REIDT I FEEL A SENSE OF ENERGY, FOR ME HER WORK IS TRUELY INSPIRING.
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