Julie Ellis Artist

Dorothea Tanning

Dorothea Tanning

Surrealist painter Dorothea Tanning is an artist of interest for me, in particular the change in direction in her work of the late 50’s (‘A Mi-Voix’ and ‘Insomnias’ 1957), at this time her paintings became more abstract .Tanning, talking of her change in direction is...
Medium as a Genre?

Medium as a Genre?

Contemporary painter Albert Oehlen’s work explores the medium as a genre: Albert Oehlen’s oeuvre is a testament to the innate freedom of the creative act. Through expressionist brushwork, surrealist methodology, and self-conscious amateurism he engages with the...
Masters Inspiration

Masters Inspiration

Interesting Mark making for me is the tension in the unplanned and involuntary. My response, continuing loosely with the premise of ‘place’ or ‘space’ without the restrictions of representation or expectation, I recently produced oil sketches on paper which revealed...