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Intense color and bold shapes are strong elements in Kentucky artist Ellen Guyer’s two dimensional (2-D) mixed media artwork. The color drawings are worked with Prismacolor pencil and ink. Prismacolor pencils are soft and smooth to use and blend beautifully. The paintings use gouache as a base, prismacolor pencils to intensify color and ink to accent shapes. Gouache is a water soluble paint that can be used as a transparent water color but also can produce opaque color. Ellen explains the inspiration for her work as “what I see in the natural world though I use a vibrant combination of intense color and shapes rather than a strict representation of nature”. Ellen grew up in New York, majored in art in college and has lived in Lexington, KY. for the last 30 years. She received an M.F.A. in painting from the University of Kentucky and has taught at every level…elementary school through college. For several years she designed and handcrafted painted leather jewelry that sold nationally in boutiques, galleries and museum gift shops. Presently, Ellen works full-time as a 2-D visual artist and has exhibited her work in several regional shows and galleries, most recently at Kentucky Crafted: Art at the Market as a juried member of the Kentucky Marketing Program. She also sells note cards that are reproductions of her original work. Her note cards and artwork can be seen at The Living Arts and Science Center in Lexington, KY and at the Artisan Center in Berea, KY. |
