The public acts as the driving force for Ellie’s practice as she uses her work to record every day observations. Ellie uses a number of mediums to convey her personal experiences such as gouache, acrylic, oil pastel and drawing ink which all knit together to form a visual diary. Phrases that the artist over hears in public also feature heavily throughout her practice to accompany drawings. With...

The colors of my faces 

Acrylic Portrait Painting  15x18

I originally intended for this painting to commemorate loneliness by depicting myself as a bystander to interactions, to be a meditation on the experience of isolation. As I added paint, however, I found myself increasingly integrated with the work’s figures, leading me to reconsider this piece as a reflection of how connection and intimacy influence one's perspective.

mixed media, 2019

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