Eleanor White

Untitled Black Dots on Two Patterns - Mixed Media Eggshell Ash Black Gray, 2017

2017

In this contemporary mixed media mandala, carefully applied layers of wood ash, chicken eggshell, emu eggshell, and polymer medium on hygrothermograph paper create surface texture in...

Carefully applied nontraditional materials including light yellow sulfur in glass vials, wood ash, and crushed precious minerals such as sunstone, red tiger's eye, volcanic rock, ser...

In this contemporary mixed media artwork, carefully applied nontraditional materials including light green crushed jade, snakeskin shed, porcupine quills, bonded copper, fossilized w...

Layers of nontraditional materials add texture to this contemporary abstract work in mixed media on paper by Eleanor White. Crushed opal and aquamarine in light blue with dry pigment...

His The panel paintings ""Expanded Metal Paintings"" are the closest to the classic art of painting. Firstly paint is applied by a brush on a primed canvas. Then wire mesh is dunked ...

Ana Maria Farina paints using a gun––a tufting gun––along with needles, hooks, and knots. Repurposing a phallic signifier of violence, she conjures vibrant objects of comfort that in...

Gouache and graphite on handmade paper. 24 x 18 inches unframed. 28 x 22.25 inches framed. Artist Statement: “As an artist, I find endless possibilities overwhelming and use self-imposed boundaries to focus my work. This often includes some combination of: a literal grid or graphite border, employment of barbecue skewers or wooden chopsticks in lieu of paintbrushes for mark making, use of a monochromatic or limited color palette, and a reliance on shape and pattern to tell a story. Limiting the elements at play adds a measure of gravity to each decision, and every detail about the paper, the viscosity of the paint, micro variations in hues, and even the sharpness of the point on a skewer matters. I’ve found that the more restrictions I put in place when I paint, the freer my work has become, allowing a tension to form between the organic and prescribed. Rather than sketch before starting a new piece, I spend time with the paper and begin to visualize possibilities. From there, I can expand the work incrementally. Whether I’m working in an adapted form of pointillism, playing with opacity and hue, or building patterns through repeating shape, the work evolves in its own time. It is an intentionally open process of discovery that seeks to uncover the greatest potential of the basest elements we have at our disposal”. - Kate Snow

This refined mid century modern mixed media work was realized in the United States circa 1970. In dialogue with the Op Art movement of the time- popularized by such artists such as V...