DVAA Member since 2018
Ellen Abraham
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About:
I am a former Social Studies teacher who now works in front of a canvas instead of a classroom. I am, however, still very much concerned with “social studies” as a subject for my art. I feel a great affinity with artists such as George Gross, Otto Dix and Archibald Motley who also painted scenes of daily life in their own tumultuous time. In a sense, I am very much like a reporter who chronicles their times- but visually instead of using the written word! DVAA is a wonderful place to be among like minded people who love art & the art world as much as I do!
Artist Statement:
“My art is a hybrid of the figurative and the abstract. The satire and cartoon imagery of my youthful artwork began to evolve as I grew more familiar with German Expressionism, American Social Realism and Abstract Expressionism. The sketches of people drawn from life that I do almost daily provide constant fodder for my humorous paintings, drawings and prints. My work is a synthesis of humor and fine art. I am quite serious about being silly. I hope hope my ability to conjure up the absurd, the ridiculous, the comic in my art will induce people to laugh at the image and also think about the content which usually deals with the perversity of the human condition. My goal is to create art that is sown from the depths of comic outrageousness, satirical observation and mild misanthropy. If Matisse had the “sun in his belly," I have a banana peel permanently attached to my shoe.”
Exhibitions at DVAA:
