Dian Blomquist
Works on Paper
April, 2013
She began with pastels of flowers and fruit, as seen in this Canessa Gallery show. Her fascination with Islamic art, fueled by trips to Istanbul, Central Asia and Morocco, emerges in recent works based on Persian and Indian miniatures. These pieces utilize geometric patterns and exhibit the flat decorative quality of Islamic texts. They are like mysterious pages from the great book of art that each of us can be a part of--if only we allow ourselves to release the artist within. --Carolyn Miller