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Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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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Artist: Ellen Priest
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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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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 #...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

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 #...
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Vellum

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

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1960s Abstract Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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"Vertical Plane II" abstract painting on paper geometric, stacked shapes bright
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1920s Abstract Ellen Priest Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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