Art vs Design Entry 4

This week i have been researching for more references for people who work in both art and design.
As i want to look at some of the ways these two fields influences and compliment each other.

Denise Wellenstein is the perfect example of someone who is both a designer and an artist.
http://www.denisewellenstein.com/
She specialises in both oil painting and graphic designs, such as prints and magazine layouts. From looking at her works, i am interested by Wellenstein's use of colors in both her paintings and designs.


She use colors that compliments each other and that are coherent (such as using all warm toned colors or cold toned colors). As her works always appear subtle and harmonized.

I also really like the sense of griding in her works. As seen with her oil paintings there's a consistent use of gridded form which can also be seen in her page layout designs. I feel that she is very much influenced by the style and forms of her designs, which enable her to create similar structured paintings.

I do find the flow between Wellenstein's works very appealing as she keep a very distinctive style for her artworks and design works. I wish to develope a style for my works as well, however i do find it hard with design as it is not my strongest subject. Therefore i want to work towards to the method of having my artworks to help with my design, similar to Wellenstein.

Another reference i found is 314 Design.
http://www.314design.com/SPLASH.html
The 314 Design is a collective that does designs as well as illustrations. Similar to Wellenstein's works, 314 Design have a unique style that carries through their designs and artworks.I really like the aestheic of the vintage brown sepia old photos graphics collaged with colored images. This can also be seen in their design jobs too, with the same use of collage style and choice of brown colors.
In a way, 314 Design is very much the same with Wellestein as they all intergrate their works between the fields of art and design. Allowing their artworks and design works influence eachother.

I am very inspired by the way some artist/designers work in both areas of art and design have their works work with eachother by using color and and shapes and forms, which is something i am inspired to do. I want to try bringing my artworks into my design assignments as well.