The scarf, with its red border and lively pattern in olive, ocher and teal, stood out from the others in the 2-euro bin at the secondhand shop Chine Machine.
Her work has a major influence in my illustrations, as she brings this lively pattern work into her folk art style.
Duels between father and son allow Felder to introduce his talent for mimicry, channeling the older man and setting a lively pattern that carries through sketches of musicians who helped shape his career.
One of the most effective is "Snow and Creek," with its strong dark-light contrasts and lively surface patterns.
From the polygon five irregular arms project, each bearing a lively abstract pattern and each ending in a simple geometric figure with an animal or floral emblem.
Not to be overlooked is Mr. Smith's "Wyandot Vessel," also of polychromed earthenware, a low, squat rounded pot reminiscent of the baskets made by his Wyandot ancestors, but made current by a lively abstract pattern resembling geometricized leaves.
David Findlay Jr., for one, has a well-selected small show of works by 20th-century Americans, including a lively, intricately patterned black and white picture by the Indian Space painter Steve Wheeler; and two radiant watercolors by the visionary nature painter Charles Burchfield.
The cultural mishmash at Carven was more subtle, and the clothes were almost entirely adorable in peppy pinks, with some dresses and matching backpacks in a lively zigzag pattern that could have been a souvenir from a stopover on the isle of Missoni.
"Among the first things to be successful coming out of a recession are lively colors and patterns," he said.
