My work speaks to the sensitive among us. Those who experience intensely, who are overcome by beauty, who are overwhelmed by the rush and loudness of our world, and who wish to linger more fully in the present.

Our gift is knowing that the present moment holds all we need, and that by speeding through it we miss everything.

We are the deep feelers and seers of the world. The more we learn to enter into this realm of quiet the more richness we are able to perceive.

I express this sensitivity through the subject of the nude, more specifically my own nude body. Though I don’t see my images as self-portraits, but rather vessels for lived experience. My hope is that the viewer can sense themselves within the image. Each pose is chosen carefully to communicate something about the interior world of the figure, whether it be vulnerability, deep presence, strength, or something else entirely. What they have in common is the deep awareness of an inner state.

Ellen has a background in Art History which deeply informs her work. She completed her Masters degree in Contemporary Art at Christie’s Education in 2011, and received her BA in Art History from John Cabot University, Rome in 2010. Her work is featured regularly at The Affordable Art Fair in both New York and London, and in 2019 she was selected as the official print artist of the New York fair. She lives in South East London with her husband Andrea whom she met while studying in Rome.