Ellen Kierr Stein

"Sense of Place" - Contemporary Abstract Collage - Nicolas de Staël

2020

"Sense of Place" is a mixed media collage work on canvas featuring green, blue, yellow, white and black. Ellen Kierr Stein is inspired by the works of Nicolas de Staël, Romare Bearden, Mark English and Nancy Crow...

"Sticking Together III" is a mixed media collage work on canvas featuring red, yellow, teal, white and black. Ellen Kierr Stein is inspired by the works of Nicolas de Staël, Romare B...

Nancy Pantirer Untitled Mixed Media on Canvas 50 x 47 in Nancy Pantirer incorporates abstract expressionism and collage into her canvases, letting the properties of paint and paper ...

"My torn paper shapes are put together like large remains of sculpture being reassembled. My initial thoughts are on pure shape. The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest form. The way they come together in the space helps ground them, giving a friction of sorts, a system, a world built around the forms, a quiet place within. I love large inviting spaces, as if to say, “Come here, I’m here to comfort you.” I am creating a space where you find a soothing uncluttered balance. I want you to like the stillness there. So every piece of work has a piece of me in it, my personality, my love of spaciousness and calm. I am totally aware of every aspect of the work and in the moment, concentrating on that one moment in time—the Now. It is my desire that the sense of peace, harmony, and stillness is communicated to you." Judith Williams...