Ellen Palestrant's Blog, page 2

About My Painting Process

I have recently completed a large range of oil and oil pastel landscape paintings, a different medium to my acrylic and ink work. I simply love experimenting with all paint mediums!  Although I’ve been painting, consistently, for about eighteen years, I have never tired of the process. The more I paint, the more I want […]

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Abstract Landscapes – My New Collection

There is nothing static about creativity and certainly nothing repetitive about my ongoing exploration of my own painting processes. I love the joy of discovery when I use new materials. Hence, I do a good deal of art using different kinds of paint including mixed media. Although, largely, I use acrylic paints for my art, […]

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The Offering

In my painting, The Offering, as with much of my other art, the subject matter, the other-worldly beings, and the mood evoked, emerged as the painting developed. It’s always the same for me: I am directed as I work simply by what appears on my canvas and I follow that mysterious route with joy. I […]

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Penguin Patter in Art & Books

Penguins, for me, with their human-like, upright stances and their waggish, clownish waddles, evoke creative opportunity. They are bustling invitations for my depiction and characterization. With their feathered white bellies and shiny black backs, they appear to be all dressed up in their formal tuxedos with somewhere special to go – the theater, the opera, […]

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The Elephants of My Imagination

Three species of elephants are living today: There is the largest living terrestrial animal, the African Bush Elephant with ears so big that they cover its shoulders. Then there are two smaller species of elephants – the African Forest Elephant and the Asian Elephant. For me, however, there is a fourth species of elephant very […]

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Turquoise Sky

There are many colors that I love. They enhance my life and I believe the lives of most other people. Yes, colors are indeed the magic trick that will make you tic – joyfully! Among the colors that I love are aquamarine and turquoise. I use both quite often in my paintings. They induce a […]

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Light Blues and Dark Blues – I Like all Blues!

I find it great fun to create unfamiliar, make-believe landscapes. When I paint, I travel in my imagination and in one of those sojourns, I came across a lone house blending confidently with nature and the blue beyond. Blue, for me, is an inspirational color. Think of the sky and the oceans of so many […]

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Day-Not-Long-Enuffis: Finding the Time to Create

Have you ever asked yourself if you are suffering from… Day-Not-Long-Enuffis For most creative people, finding sufficient time to create is an ongoing problem. People have become over-stimulated and overwhelmed by all the choices available. Too many options stand in the way of deep examination. Too many worries, occupy most of the space in people’s […]

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Surround Yourself With Bright Colors

Color has been around me all my life. I have felt it and my art comes from those feeling – from my appreciation of the intensity of color and the emotionally uplifting effect their brightness radiates. So, why is it that color, my essential fuel – carbonless, reliable, ever-renewable and naturally abundant – stokes my […]

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Take Your Hunch to Lunch – Original Art

Do not hesitate when sudden inspiration comes your way. Instead, invite it in for a further internal conversation. Focus upon it as soon as you can because if you do take your hunch to lunch today, you never know, tomorrow, it might take you… It is a good idea to record, quickly, in whatever form, […]

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