Inspired by dress patterns from Susan E. Riley Couture,

each painting is a collaboration of Art and Fashion ~ bold, abstract, color field paintings sparked by Ellsworth Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko and Hans Hoffman.

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“Simplicity ~ a child of five could understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.”

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

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“One day, I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”

Jack Kerouac, American Novelist

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“Simplicity is the keynote of rue elegance.”

Coco Chanel, a world-renowned French Fashion Designer

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“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.“

John Maeda, President, Rhode Island School of Design

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“Simplicity is the glory of expression.“

Walt Whitman, America’s World Poet

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“Simplicity and repose are qualities that measure the true value of any

work of art.”

Frank Lloyd Wright, Visionary American Architect

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“One of my mantras: Focus and Simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex.”

Steve Jobs, Apple Computer

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“Living simple makes living simple.”

Ben Hooks, American Author and Social Activist

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