Release Date: 2014-04-26
Number of Patterns: 26
Gustave Moreau – French Symbolist Painter
Gustave Moreau (1826 – 1898) was a French Symbolist painter who focused on biblical and mythological themes. Symbolists believed that art should represent absolute truths that could only be described and depicted indirectly. Moreau painted over 8000 works in his career. He was a teacher at the Paris’ École des Beaux-Arts late in his life. To some Gustave was regarded as a precursor to Surrealism. Our pattern set includes many of his known works including Oedipus and the Sphinx, The Apparition, The Unicorne, Eve, Cleopatra, The Sirens, The Chimera, Galatea, and Thracian Girl Carrying the Head of Orpheus
Release Date: 2014-04-13
Number of Patterns: 21
Robin Redbreast
Robins are popular birds because of their reddish-orange breast. There are actually three well recognized though not directly related species named robins: American Robin (thrust family) , European Robin (chat family) and the Australasian robin (petroica family all with similar orange colorings. The American Robin can be found throughout North America. Robin’s eggs have a characteristic light blue coloring. You’ll find many great patterns of robins in this pattern set include both American and European robins. They are nesting and sitting on posts and branches in various environmental settings.
Release Date: 2014-03-31
Number of Patterns: 21
Joseph Blackburn – Colonial American Portrait Painter
Joseph Blackburn (1700-?-1778?) was a portrait painter born in England who worked in Bermuda and Colonial America. His skills as a painter are shown by his treatments of textiles including silks, laces, and fabric folds. In this pattern set we’ve included most of his most renown paintings including High Jones, Colonel Theodore Atkinson, Mary Leh, Captain John Pigett, Samuel Cutts, Elizabeth Browne Rogers, Ann Saltonstall, and Abigail Chesebrough.
Release Date: 2014-03-23
Number of Patterns: 23
Fresh as a Daisy
Daisies are a type of flower in a species called Asteraceae. Other similar flowers include asters and sunflowers. They are found nearly everywhere in the world except for the arctic regions. There most distinguishing characteristic is the flower head made up of tiny florets which share the same stem. Each floret has five petals which are fused at the base to form a tube. Daisies come in many colors including yellow, red, blue, pink, purple, and orange. Our Daisy set includes patterns created from well taken photographs of daisies in their natural settings. You’ll find both single and multiple daises in green fields, and against blue skies, taken from above and below.
Release Date: 2014-02-09
Number of Patterns: 18
Rachel Ruysch – Dutch Flower Painter
Rachel Ruysch (1664 -1750) was a Dutch still life painter best known for her artwork involving flowers. She was undoubtedly inspired by her father, a very famous botanist of the era. She had a long career of painting starting at age 15 and continuing producing excellent works well into her 80s. The backgrounds of her paintings were very dark, which was the style for flower paintings at the time. Later in her life, she was influenced by another painter who painted lighter backgrounds, and she too adapted that style. Youll find many examples of her works in our pattern set, with flowers in bouquets, vases, and with various props including a butterfly, fruits, tree trunks, tulips, insects, and bees.
Release Date: 2014-02-02
Number of Patterns: 23
Cats Two
Cats are small furry, domesticated mammals kept as household pets as they have been for many centuries. Although solitary hunters, cats are actually social species with many forms of vocalization and body language. They have strong, flexible bodies and have better hearing and smelling ability than humans. They can see in the darkness though they have poorer color vision than humans. There are many breeds of cats distinguished by their coats and patterns. In this pattern set youll find many different colorful varieties of cats photographed mostly in outside environments. The images are composed of both up close and at medium distances capturing many details. Our feline friends have provided us with many intriguing expressions as they gazed into the cameras.