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Artist Statement:
A finished painting works at
many levels. At a distance
its composition, colors and
subject matter should be
compelling
enough to attract closer
inspection. And from an inch
away,
the brushwork, texture and
detail should make sense in
the whole context , while
allowing a rich experience in
a single section.
My abstract acrylic paintings
offer tactile references
including spatial illusion,
detailed texture,
near-identifiable shape and
inviting color. In my recent
series entitled RIBBONS, I
express tension between figure
and ground while a ribbon of
metallic spectrum weaves the
two together.
Using similar technical and
coloristic strategy in my
current series, TREETRUNKS, I
overlap object suggestions of
trees, vines and metallic
tubes. I see the subject
matter as an organic
expression which is limitless
in its ability to evoke the
human condition while
commenting on possible worlds
within abstract space....
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Shows:
2007 Paoli Cancer Center,
Paoli, PA
2006 JMS Gallery, Chestnut
Hill PA
2002 Artforms Manayunk, PA
1999 Artforms Manayunk, PA
1999 Philadelphia Art
Alliance, PA
1998 P.S. Gallery, Chestnut
Hill, PA
1991 Gallery at The
Philadelphian, PA
1988 Gallery Taub, Phila., PA
1987 Westchester University,
PA
1985 ...
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Artist Reviews:
"Reunion" Painting published
in Philadelphia Stories Spring
2007 Issue
"Reunion" drawing published in
Best of PA Artists 2005
Elynne N. Rosenfeld is the
winner of the Juror's Choice
Award
at the Wayne Art Center 2003
National Juried Exhibition.
Her
painting, entitled "Stalwart"
won the prize out of 439
entrants...
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Collections:
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Alter,
Phila., PA , USA
Mr. James Hendricks, Amherst,
MA, USA
Dr. Edward Zalta, Palo Alto,
CA, USA
Dr. and Mrs. David Bear,
Bangor, ME, USA
Ms. Elizabeth Blygen, PA, USA
Ms. Mary Donnell, PA, USA
Mr. and Mrs. Alan Carlson,
Atlanta, GA, USA
Mr. and Mrs. ...
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Elynne Rosenfeld Biography:
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
music, beading, walking, yoga, reiki, dogs, travel |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Acrylic
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Post-Impressionism - (1885 - 1905)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Seurat, Vuillard, Mantegna, Tanguey etal
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| Favorite Work of Art |
Too many to name
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| Biggest Artistic Inspiration |
Collaborative art such as The Dinner Party
by Judy Chicago. I believe in collective energy.
To meditate in a group is amazing. To create
a major artwork in a group would be transcendent
for me. Just have to find the group, the
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| Why Did You Become An Artist |
No other choice really. I played guitar, wrote poetry
and did art as a child. All three came naturally,
but art had the broadest appeal for me. |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Artist Statement
I am in awe of tree trunks; these asymmetrical tubes are a visual treasure trove. While we celebrate their cross sections by turning their hewn remains into something other, while we marvel at the fruits they bear, the sap we extract and the leaves we watch glinting in the sun, we seldom reflect on the intricacies of a tree's outer layer in its full life bloom.
I began observing tree trunks long before I found a proper setting for them. I never wished to depict them in a naturalistic way. (we have eyesight, cameras, arboretums, forests and even front lawns for that) Instead I wanted to discover their attitudes, textures, and color possibilities, create environments, unlikely situations, anthropomorphic metaphors; I wanted to provide viewers an alternative idiom in which to consider them.
The Ribbon Series is an outgrowth of this. I place the trunk form in abstract fields, often with undulating metallic ribbons woven through the composition. In my Tree Trunk Series the form is more recognizable. Often trunks are set against extreme closeups of other trunks. I like to pair a tropical trunk with one that could only grow in a Northern climate and weave them between unlikely barriers such as fences of metal, painted wood or stone.
Most recently mixed media drawings have evolved which vary the subjects introduced in my earlier work on canvas. I've taken an interest in succulents and how they might interact with deciduous trunks and barriers. I've also begun painting succulents interacting with metallic barriers in fields of glass beads and mica chips.
My work is an odd twist on botanical or nature art; Each new piece leads to the next, surprising me with its little bending of self-imposed rules.
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