My job is an odd one as I spend 99% of my time talking about technology and various Internet and mobile companies and another 80% of my time (everyone works more than 100% of their “allotted” time I believe) writing here, working on the yurt and volunteering with parks groups.
So I guess one of my most fun things is when those worlds overlap and this week they did. I met, via work work, a girl who I think would be my friend friend even sans work, which is the best kind. While we met talking startups it turns out we have far more in common from an artistic standpoint and low and behold she introduced me to the work of Allie Rex.
Allie is a Brooklyn-based artist who seems to currently work mostly in mylar painted with acrylic, pinned in patterns to create wall installations. Some of them are sparse as the above while others are quite dense and intense in their representations (like the above x2).
I love that they’re not monochromatic and yet not crazy as I so often find things with many colors. These are soothing even with their angles. Maybe it’s because mylar isn’t too hard a material but at the same time it can be tricky to cut through at times.
I believe these are painted on the backside to create the sense of the glowing rainbow, with I love. These are little hearts if you can’t tell – so wonderful.
Maybe it’s because it’s nearly summer but my favorite piece is this pink beauty! I also love stroke marks – so very cool 
Tags: 2D, 3D, acrylic, mylar, paper cutting, wall art