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Brooke Bailey
Violet Blooms
gelli print made with found objects
8″ x 10″
2024
“Violet Blooms” is a striking gelli print that explores texture and contrast through rich dark purple hues and delicate floral stencils. Crafted from various found objects, each imprint adds depth and complexity, creating a dynamic interplay of light and shadow. This mixed media piece celebrates the beauty of spontaneity, inviting viewers to appreciate the unique organic forms and vibrant layers that emerge from the unpredictable process of gelli printing, evoking a sense of movement and life.
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Brooke Bailey
Location Series: Two
acrylic paint on masonite
16″ x 19″
2023
Influenced by image search code and personal data sets from social networking platforms, this painting provides a revealing look into the volume of data captured on the internet as well as how these statistics can be reclaimed into aesthetic representations of the self. The investigation of the synergy linking the artistic and digital fields opens a view into how data can influence the creative process and how information can be presented in a more humanized manner. This abstract portrait study also leaves the mind to wonder, can artificial data truly capture a cohesive and authentic image of an individual?
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Brooke Bailey
Intersect
digital print, Processing programming language
5″ x 7″
2022
Developed from an interactive algorithm in the graphical programming language Processing, Intersect explores the synergy between human movement and mathematical pixelation. The two concepts converge in a computerized vision of geometric form and vibrant hues.
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Brooke Bailey
College of the Holy Cross, 2023, Computer Science and Studio Art
Dissolve
video, Processing programming language
0:1:42
2022
As I way of investigating the overlap of technology and art, I introduce coding as a medium in my artwork. I particularly focus on translating representational imagery or ideas into emotive experiences and explore how my own life experiences relate to the digital environment. Through this concentration my work highlights formal qualities such as color and form. My interest in abstraction emerged based on my personal grappling with the relationship between technology and art. Exploring how these two worlds function together, my works visualize my internal struggle with the unknowns and ambiguities this process brings.
Brooke Bailey
College of the Holy Cross, 2023, Computer Science and Studio Art
Mood Simulation: Love
acrylic paint on matte and clear Dura-Lar film
10″ x 10″
2022
As I way of investigating the overlap of technology and art, I introduce coding as a medium in my artwork. Through mixed media painting I introduce a harmony between computerized systems and the physical world. Finding surfaces that retain variety in mark-making helps me in this collaboration with the computer-generated imagery as I introduce the spontaneity and creativity from myself in conversation with the programmed visuals. With these works, I am able to address the questions of whether the essence of the digital world can be transformed into the physical world as well as what boundaries lie between these realms.
Brooke Bailey
Citrus Burst
magazine and scrap paper collage with linocut print
8.5″ x 11″
2024
This collage explores the detailed nature of mixed media by combining hues, textures, and mediums to highlight the formal qualities of color and shape. The citrus shades and forms span throughout the piece with the linocut print in the center calling a bold, radiating focus to the fruit as the key subject.
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Brooke Bailey
Pretty Obstructed
acrylic paint on matte and clear Dura-Lar film
24″ x 27″
2022
Through mixed media painting, I explore the idea of abstraction through the lens of color and form. Finding surfaces that retain variety in mark-making helps me to collaborate with the material by introducing the spontaneity and creativity from myself in conversation with the innate qualities of the medium. I investigate how utilizing the materiality of the work as a dominant factor in the composition can further my interest in developing a cohesive relationship between pigments and shapes.