Liminal Patterns

This exhibition explores the fragile space between seeing and recognition..

ARTIST: d.a.Struble

I find inspiration in developing visual recipes that unravel the phenomena of pattern recognition to create images that examine the liminal space between illustration and abstraction.

I paint simple gestalt patterned nets that resemble mosaics, cross stitch, or pixilation informed by the metaphor of Indra’s net. With these “cognitive nets”,  I create pictorial series that have explored topics including apophenia, semiotics, anthropomorphism, cartography, gestalt theory, and beauty.
Born in Fresno, California
Lives in Sebastopol, California

Once,
I grew up a poetry-writing farm boy in the Gold Country. Mostly misunderstood, always curious, and painfully perceptive, I always enjoyed skipping stones and deeply missed the ocean’s vast horizon line.

Then,
I graduated with an fine art degree from UC Davis and moved to Prague, Czech Republic where I painted, curated, managed an art studio, organized an art group, and built a design portfolio.

Afterward,
I moved to San Francisco where I painted, curated a window gallery, hosted a weekly art salon tea party, managed and designed.

Next,
I moved to the Wine Country where I started a family, painted, educated at Waldorf schools, facilitated workshops, UX designed, and researched.

Now,
I work remotely as a UX Designer, paint daily, visit the ocean often, and dig in my garden.