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What
is it...
that encourages a person who feels, thinks, and sees, to take up
a pen or pencil, draw some shapes, only then to find a
responsive chord vibrating back from the paper? As a child, I had a book called the Make It Book. It was
filled with creative ways to turn sticks, stones, paper and glue
into cities, gardens or animals. It powerfully nourished
those first flushes of creativity in my life. Luckily,
time and circumstances have provided other enriching influences.
As true Americans, my family moved around a lot when I was
young. Born in Portland, Oregon, in 1955, we moved to
Delaware, then Texas, and finally Ohio. College educated on the
East Coast, I received my Bachelor of Arts, Degree in Studio
Art, in 1977 from Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut.
Ten years in California only deepened my love for open, sensuous
landscape. For the last sixteen years, my husband and I have
been enjoying the ambience and architecture of Northern Europe.
A lifelong interest in technique has fuelled many experiments:
the sensuousness of a chalk surface, ready for the first dabs of
egg mediumed paint, searching for luminosity in the techniques
of the Old Masters, India ink, slaked
lime, melted beeswax mixed
with resin and pigment. Finally, technique without
inspiration is lifeless. Inspiration without technique is an unschooled child. If we are lucky, a little bit of
both can come to us each day.
The Press:
2008 - mention in May edition of
Institue Saint Luc, Tournai
2008 - Des Dames, 38
Hoogstraat, Brugge. Permanent exhibition for the
Bruges Art Route.
2007 - member of Bruges Art Route
2006 - First Prize -
Royal Artist Competition
2005 - "Nils" on exhibition - SALT Branding, 30
Hotaling Place, San Francisco, CA
2005/2007 - Exhibition - St. Niklaas B&B, Bruges,
Belgium
1993- Solo Exhibition - Galerie Ruetz, Munich, Germany
1992- Discovery Awards: Bronze Medal, Art of California Magazine
1992 - Group Exhibition - Q Gallery, Santa Rosa, California
1991 - Exhibition - Renaissance Winery, Yuba County, California
Collections:
Ellen's paintings are part of various private collections in
Germany, Italy, Belgium, New Jersey and California.
Please contact Ellen
if you are interested in purchasing a painting.
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The poetry of light...
summer 2003 watercolors of the Belgian landscape.
The beauty of form...
Detailed and sensitive drawings from Greek sculpture. The
importance of good composition.
The craft of technique...
fresco, fresco secco,
egg tempera, oil,
mixed technique, and encaustic.
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