Adrian Berg is a recent discovery of mine. He was a painter living and working in 1929-2011. One of his first big bodies of work was the view from his flat window of Regents Park which he painted multiple times. These paintings show variations in playing with colour, pattern and composition and interested me because I look out over a wood and I wonder why I’ve never thought to do similarly.

As he developed and worked he distorted perspective and patterning to sometimes abstract effect which also caught my eye – as a pattern designer I’m aware that I too see the patterning in the world around.

I’ve read the book from cover to cover and poured over image like the one below. I love how he has reduced shapes to patterns and adore the treatment of the water reflection – lots to learn.