“Flow, motion, geometry, proportion”: the illusory paintings of Brendan Monroe

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The Converse Lovejoy Art Benefit commissioned 49 original artworks that are on auction now via Paddle8 to raise funds for Artists For Humanity.

One consistent element of his works is a monochrome colour palette that uses such bold shape it brings its own unique colour to the works.

In his current series of paintings, the company 'Converse' is including his work in their goal to raise funds for Artists For Humanity.

“I really like the way Converse support the arts, as a company and an art department,” he elaborates

So Brendan...produced a series of acrylic and latex painting...which was inspired by “the idea of moving fluid passing by,” he explains.







The pattern drawn by Brendan is reminiscent of optical illusions that play upon illusory motion. Although the painting is obviously still, on first glance it appears to have a rippling effect, fulfilling Brendan’s aim to communicate “flow, motion, geometry, proportion and waves,” he says.

Brendan’s influences weren’t artists but “scientists who examine surfaces of materials,” he explains. “Those older grayscale images of scanning electron microscopes and also lots of other artwork that describes dimensional shape with minimal graphic, like in comics.” The minor details, shapes or formulas that often only artists or scientists are looking for, is a notion Brendan visually explores in his piece.

All 49 original artworks created for the Lovejoy Art Benefit have been showcased at the Converse World Headquarters in Boston for the past year. Now they’re available to buy via online auction house Paddle8. All profits raised from the auction will be donated to Artists for Humanity, a Boston-based not-for-profit company whose mission is “to bridge economic, racial, and social divisions by providing under-resourced urban youth with the keys to self-sufficiency through paid employment in art and design.”

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