Mixed Media / Abstracts

Mixed Media on Wood Panel I've noticed that "the art of making art" is like life in so many ways. In this series, I am exploring how the inner state of freedom and "being in one's body affects what we notice, our perception of the relationship between things (whether those things are lines, shapes, colors, flowers, etc.) and what ultimately arises and how it feels. 18" x 18" $560  

Mixed Media on Wood Panel I've noticed that "the art of making art" is like life in so many ways. In this series, I am exploring how the inner state of freedom and "being in one's body affects what we notice, our perception of the relationship between things (whether those things are lines, shapes, colors, flowers, etc.) and what ultimately arises and how it feels. 18" x 18" $560  

12" x 12" Mixed media on wood panel Becoming embodied is part of the journey of knowing oneself and being truly present. This is not an ordinary flower sitting above the land. Instead, with its blossom tightly bound to the ground, it suggests what it means to be fully embodied: rooted, grounded, and intimately connected to the earth beneath. $395

12" x 12" Mixed media on wood panel Becoming embodied is part of the journey of knowing oneself and being truly present. This is not an ordinary flower sitting above the land. Instead, with its blossom tightly bound to the ground, it suggests what it means to be fully embodied: rooted, grounded, and intimately connected to the earth beneath." $395

36" x 36" Mixed Media on Panel Acrylic, Pencil, Paper $2375

36" x 36" Mixed Media on Wood Panel Acrylic, rice paper, graphite $2375

10" x 10" Mixed Media on wood $295  

36" x 36" Mixed media on wood panel Is there a date that is particularly intriguing to you - where things seems to start and end, or where they begin again, where they offer new chapters and new paths? This poetic painting was prompted by the experience of how, over time, we may completely change the way we relate to a particularly "emotional" day in our lives.

40" x 30" Mixed Media on wood panel. (Many!) Layers of acrylic, paper, book pages, letters, tissue paper and graphite. Although we may have a destination in mind when setting out on a journey, we often don't know exactly where we'll land. It may feel magical, disruptive, uncomfortable, or remind us of home. It may look unfamiliar, oddly colorful, just right, or call up the vaster universe that we inhabit. Indeed our landing may embody all of those qualities. Each of us who has set course for the sun naturally finds ourselves, from time to time, bumping up to a new horizon, perhaps where we can see agricultural fields of poetry below or be called to contemplate the ocean's spray as it becomes one with the galaxies above. Life is like that! $2300

18" x 24" Mixed Media on wood The work is inspired by Ellen's interest in the nature of the mind, and how we are the products of our conditioning. Joy begets joy. Starting with joy leads to more! Layers of paper and acrylic are integrated to create a rich textural and dimensional quality. $725