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United States
Photography, Color on Paper
Size: 11 W x 15 H x 0.1 D in
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Although this an abstract composition, I saw a rich brocade and lace fabric with intricate embroidery. I shifted the hue to red. The top half of the image is still somewhat haute couture but the lower area of chaotic lines and exploding shapes suggested a scenario far removed from pomp and grandeur. I was looking for a title that would explain the duality of privilege and violence. Someone came immediately to mind. The title, October 16, 1793, is the date of Marie Antoinette's execution.
Photography:Color on Paper
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:11 W x 15 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:No
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Ellen Gaube born: Scranton, Pa, USA currently living in: Deep River, CT, USA Artist Statement Drawing and Photography Nature has always been my environment. My favorite childhood toys were flowers, rocks and sticks; my favorite tools a pencil and paper. This holds true today as I collect subject matter physically and with a camera on my rural property and hikes through conservation land. I consider myself a botanical artist through my documentation of natural forms in all stages of growth and decomposition. Drawing is my great love. The materials are simple. My son presented me with a piece of bittersweet-wrapped wild cherry commenting “I thought you’d like to draw this.” That was the beginning of a body of work documenting the invasive, sinuous and dangerous beauty of Celastrus orbiculatus, Oriental bittersweet. I love drawing curves. I’m continuing new work illustrating curly willow, Corylus Avellana contorta and wild mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia. Although my photographic images are abstracted through digital manipulation, their source is always the natural world of plants, insects, rock and water usually from my immediate environment. I manipulate color and shape with digital filters that allow a great deal of "plasticity" to happen, often with results that are more robust, textured and complex than the source images. I work hard to maintain a sense of organic naturalness despite the obvious conceptual results. The images have a familiarity and yet a newness resulting from shifts in color, line and form.
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