Julie Ellis Artist

Paths into Research: Transdisciplinary Task

I am highlighting a particular element of art-making which involves subconscious thought and intuition and how this correlates to theories around improvisation and intuition in the making of music. Using theories of Musician and philosopher Cathleen Coessens (Vrije...
Studio Day

Studio Day

If we have retained an element of dream in our memories, if we have gone beyond merely assembling exact recollections, bit by bit the house that was lost in the mists of time will appear from out the shadow. We do nothing to reorganize it; with intimacy it recovers...
Studio – Still life 2

Studio – Still life 2

The landscape of objects 2 Continuing with the still life painting in oils, working on quite a small scale to experiment with ideas. I have been looking at artists such as Ian Rayer Smith for inspiration in a similar way to the Making at a Distance Task with Josie in...
Studio – Still life

Studio – Still life

The Landscape of objects Today I looked at objects making rough line drawings of an illustrative style which only intuitively capture the forms. Using these to make a composition which on reflection seemed to echo the landscape. I was thinking about the long held...
Painting from drawing

Painting from drawing

Objects – When a dreamer can reconstruct the world from an object that he transforms magically through his care of it, we become convinced that everything in the life of a poet is germinal. Gaton Bachelard – The poetics of Space Still reading through the...