Amanda Hughen

Consumptia, 2007

First reaction: "F..." (i love it when that's the first thing my brain can think when i look at something)
(deatil of Consumptia, 2007)

UC Berkley MFA, Amanda Hughen.
Has won an Eisner prize, which is great but, not to be mistaken for an Eisner award.
Sepidemic, 2007

She works on both sides on translucent mylar.
Layering geometric shapes in pencil, ink, and paint.
First layers are made using architectual templates, rulers, and screenprinting.
The remaining layers of made with freehand drawing and painting.
(detail of Sepidemic, 2007)

I love the organic movement of these viral infections spreading across topographcal maps in layers of delicous chromatic mutations.
Crystallized Culmination, 2006

(detail of Crystallized Culmination, 2006)
"like a scientific experiment gone awry."
"I am fascinated by the process of beginning with a single geometric shape and ending up with an organic, moving, unidentifiable entity." - Amanda Hughen

via More Ways to Waste Time