Julie Ellis Artist

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...
I feel you: making at a distance – Task

I feel you: making at a distance – Task

Notes: Interesting to retrace the process of the artist through her own words and the words of curator. For example the feathery blacks and greys and the labored yet delicate approach. Thinking about having less access to images/internet. Using the words as a set of...