About My Art
My artwork captures the exquisite beauty in nature and human emotions. Swirls, ellipses and live movement are influences. Driven by memories of loving, gifted, generous, accomplished human beings, it is those memories that inspire me to communicate beauty to the viewer. I love moving between mediums and often combining into mixed media works, especially digital painting on a brightly colored photo. Still a fan of pencil to paper, I also love monotype printmaking, acrylic emulsion painting, image transfer onto ceramic tile, and am exploring the art of glass mosaics.
During the process of creating a new piece, or continuing work on a work in progress my active thoughts are about a loved person, pet or place. My gratitude is pondered while I consider beautiful humanitarian gestures, conflicting human emotions, loss, and actions in the world.
I love my studio time and time in local classes among other artists seeking to convey their special message.
Bio
Ellen Grenell is a Cape May County multi-media artist whose work emphasizes dream-like clarity within a complicated world sphere. Whether painting in acrylics, drawing digitally or photographing in nature, Ellen surrounds her work with possibility, wonder, enchantment and whimsey. From a large family in upstate Pennsylvania, she made a major life change moving to Philadelphia to begin instruction at Moore College of Art.
Her works have been displayed throughout the greater Philadelphia area, specifically at The Esther Klein Gallery, The Plastic Club, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, City Hall, Main Line Art Center, Wayne Art Center and permanently in corporate collections and Drexel University.
Diverse, and welcoming, her current focus is on digital drawing and painting, acrylic painting on canvas and digital photography. New Jersey dragon flies and shore birds are showing up in drawings as works progress. Ellen has joined local New Jersey arts organizations and recently has been juried into online exhibitions.
Ellen Grenell balances the expression of pure freedom with the here and now to create compelling artworks that draw in the viewer. Time honored messaging.