e l l e n  m.  o w e n s /

subject material...

Portraits, human interactions, and narratives find their way into my drawings.  I often handstitch papers to create larger works.

drawings...

I am love with drawing... In art museums, I find myself gravitating toward the artist's preliminary sketches rather than the final painted, polished works.  The raw thoughts and emotions often seem more apparent in these hand-wrought brainstorm sessions.

I have always enjoyed the oh-so-traditional media of pencil and charcoal but in college, I quickly turned to conte crayons and pastels on toned paper.  I began to draw large, live-sized portraits that were very confrontational with the viewer.  Body to body, the drawings caused a forced intimacy between subject and viewer.

Please contact me if you are interested in the prices of my work.