Jane Ellefson: November 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

ArtSpace/Lima, Lima, Ohio

Still Life Now: Nine Contemporary Artists in ArtSpace/Lima, Lima, OH opened on November 4, 2011 and continues through December 17. I was invited to show 3 paintings and 4 graphite drawings.
Still Life Now: Nine Contemporary Artists at Art/Space Lima
To listen to the interview: video interview

Recent Works, 31st Annual Juried Art Competition for Lake County Artists. October/November 2011


I am overtired of the great harvest I myself desired, 2011, oil on linen

Artist statement

I enjoy working in both realism and abstraction. With both, I begin with a carefully constructed composition, using the Golden Mean as a way to achieve perfect balance. My realistic work is reminiscent of Dutch or Spanish still lifes. I begin with a faithful rendering, then fully develop an underpainting with white and umber. In the final steps, I complete the painting with color glazes. When I work non-objectively, my focus is color, depth, and movement of advancing and receding shapes.