Inspiration found in fashion: Lena Hoschek

I've always found inspiration for paintings in the works done by fashion designers.  My paintings tend to be heavy in the use of texture and craft materials that I've translated from clothing numerous times.

Recently one designer  Lena Hoschek a European designer that finds inspiration from the traditional costumes worn in Germany.

You can see more of her work on the blog Q's Daydream the blog that turned me onto Lena in the first place.

I really enjoy how she combines colors and textures into her clothes. Plus I'm a big fan of wearing boots with dresses and she does that fantastically in her Fall/Winter collection for 2013.

 Her Fall winter line also reminded me a lot of Henri Matisse's Red Room piece painted in 1908.