by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 11, 2026 | Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Apocalypse Now, Art Blog, Conceptual Craft, Creative Process, Distracts, Doilies, ECU, ECUAD MFA, Emily Carr University, Fiber Arts, Material Exploration, Painting, Petrochemical, Upcycle
A pretty and pretty repellent tapestry composed of a lot of bad decisions and ignorance is having a moment.It had a benign beginning eight years ago: to approach painting like making a quilt. It started when I discovered I could pour viscous acrylic paint onto acetate...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 4, 2025 | Abstract Painting, Acrylic, Carlyn Yandle, Creative Process, Distraction, Distracts, Fiber Artist, Geometric Art, Joyful Making In Perilous Times, Joyfulmakinginperiloustimes, Painting, Pattern, Personalispolitical, Political Art, Process, Quilt Painting, Trump, Vancouver
Depicting a distracted mind might not be helping Disrupting the grid, upending predictable patterns. Acrylic on canvas, sewing pins, 24” x 24” (Carlyn Yandle) If the person I share the bed with is to be believed, this morning (as of this writing) I announced in my...
by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 16, 2015 | Color, Colour, Distracts, Grid, Painting, Psychedelic, Quilt, Textile, Visual Field
Gotta love Salvation Army and the staff’s peculiar display choices. Every other store would break up all the retail items so each one looks unique, but at my local Salarmy they sort by colour, making finding your size sort of a crapshoot. But oh, that visual...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 6, 2014 | Blogs, Composition, Creative Process, Critique, Design, Distraction, Distracts, Expression, Ideas, Inspiration, Motivation, Painting, Pattern, Perception, Process, Studio, Writing
Distracts #1, 2014, acrylic on canvas, 33″W x 27″H. To me, the easiest part about carving out a place in the visual arts world is writing something about it. Yet most of my artist colleagues don’t know how I make myself do it on a weekly basis. Easy....
by Carlyn Yandle | Apr 25, 2014 | Beauty, Big Data, Color, Colour, Composition, Creative Process, Data-graphic, Distracts, Inspiration, Painting, Pattern, Perception, Process, Visual Field
With the same anticipation as a root canal I plopped down in a chair at the accountant’s office. Then gasped and pointed, then tried not to point at the adjacent bookcase stuffed with client files. The accountant flipped through my own paperwork. I flipped out...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jan 16, 2014 | Art, Assemblage, Climate Change, Creative Process, Distracts, Doilies, Fabricating, Failure, Foraging, Found Objects, Globalization, Innovation, Inspiration, Painting, Production, Quilt, Raw Materials, Upcycling
Coming up with new ideas is not without its hazards. The world-renowned Noma restaurant is a case in point. Chef-patron Rene Redzepi uses what grows in the area, innovating astounding food creations famously foraged from the local land and sea. Sometimes the magic...
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