Organic Conversations: Meredith Pardue

Posted on July 3, 2012

I have an inherent weakness for artwork that combines nature inspired imagery in a completely abstracted way. ( See the work of Susan Morosky, Deb Haugen, Brenda Hope Zappitell and countless others! ) The work of Austin artist Meredith Pardue captured me with saturated color and expressive yet achingly familiar shapes.

Bloom, ink, oil and oil crayon on canvas, 48×48

In the same way that nature lovers commune with the outdoors, Pardue converses with her canvases. Her paintings are intuitively expressive, filled with bright color dotting expanses of negative space not unlike the way rocks are scattered in lakes and rivers.

Bloom X, ink, oil and oil crayon on canvas, 36×72

Bloom XI, ink, oil and oil crayon on canvas, 36×72

Her Bloom series reminds me so much of the peppering of wildflowers all over the mountainsides during our Northwest summers.

Bloom II, ink, oil and oil crayon on canvas, 50×60

To see more of Meredith Pardue’s work, please visit her website. Be sure to check out some of her other series of work– amazing stuff!

Featured image is Bloom XXV, ink, oil and oil crayon on canvas, 88×60. All images are via the artist’s website.

abstract art art Artists Meredith Pardue Paintings

Lesley

Painter, art and artist consultant, traveler, discoverer-- Lesley Frenz blogs and paints her way throughout the West Coast and Northwest, sharing the work she finds significant and meaningful. All while highly caffeinated.