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Ellen Priest Art

American, b. 1951

Ellen Priest is an American abstract artist, who is inspired by music and most notably by jazz. She lives and works near Philadelphia. Priest received her Master of Divinity from Yale University Divinity School in 1977 with a dual qualification in Christianity and the Visual Arts. As an artist, she is largely self-taught.

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Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Gouache, Vellum

Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8 (Abstract Painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8 (Abstract Painting) Papers, oil, flashe, pencil, MSA gel. Unframed. This piece is part of a series based on trumpeter Miles Davisʼ lyrical jazz v...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Oil

Dolphin Dance 30
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Gouache, Vellum

Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Gouache, Vellum

Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14 (Abstract Drawing) Flashe and pencil on paper - Unframed. Sold as a diptych, each panel's dimensions are 30 x 30"/ 76 x 76 cm. Th...
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2010s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Pencil

Dolphin Dance 24
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Gouache, Vellum

Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14 Flashe and pencil on paper - Unframed. Sold as a diptych, each panel's dimensions are 30 x 30"/ 76 x 76 cm. This work comes from ...
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2010s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Pencil

Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Papers, oil, flashe, pencil, MSA gel. Unframed. This piece is part of a series based on trumpeter Miles Davisʼ lyrical jazz version of “Someday My Prince Will Come”, a familiar son...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Oil

Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14 (Abstract Drawing) Flashe and pencil on paper - Unframed. Sold as a diptych, each panel's dimensions are 30 x 30"/ 76 x 76 cm. Th...
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2010s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Pencil

Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8 (Abstract Painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Jazz: Miles ʻSomeday My Princeʼ 8 (Abstract Painting) Papers, oil, flashe, pencil, MSA gel. Unframed. This piece is part of a series based on trumpeter Miles Davisʼ lyrical jazz v...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Oil

Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 24 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 05 (Abstract painting) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Dolphin Dance 30 (Abstract Drawing) Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

Dolphin Dance 17 (Abstract painting)
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Gouache on rag tracing vellum - Unframed. This work on paper is part of a series of collaged paintings titled “Jazz: Herbieʼs ʻDolphin Danceʼ #1-22”. Those brush paintings are Pri...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Gouache, Vellum

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Artist CV: EDUCATION Master of Fine Arts in Painting Bard College 1986 Bachelor of Science in Art History State University College at New Paltz 1977 Additional Study: New York Studio School (Drawing Marathons) Columbia University, School of Architecture Women’s Studio Workshop TEACHING Professor of Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY Coordinator, Interior Design Program, Florence, Italy campus 1992-present AWARDS NYFA Fellowship in Painting 2018 Invitational Award for Outstanding Contemporary Talent, University of Bridgeport, CT 2000 Purchase Prize, “11th National Juried Exhibition” College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore 1999 First Prize, “Women in the Visual Arts ‘95” Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT 1995 Joseph A. 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Previously Available Items
Jazz Cubano #5 front study
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
"In order to find a visual translation I had to break the music down into its simplest components – literally, single percussion sounds. Those fuelled a series of fifty brush studie...
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2010s Abstract Ellen Priest Art

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Paper, Gouache

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