Portfolio: Ellen Siebers

Ellen Siebers's attentive work examines the bifurcation of daily life. Semi-discernible outlines of familiar shapes and figures - an outstretched female nude, two women sitting together, a swimmer - anchor her oil paintings on birch wood.

Dream (2024)

Surrounding these familiar images are interwoven yet distinguishable brushstrokes that pull apart from each other, allowing slices of light to break through with varying levels of opacity. The textural interplay, achieved through a blend of her soft brushes and worn brushes, surrounds the central figures, creating a tonal contrast.

First Light (2024)

Dreamer II (2024)

Friendship (2024)

Narratively, her work is evocative of the old Celtic belief in "thin places," where some physical spaces exist in which the distance between this world and the next is closer. For Siebers, light guides her work as the paintings navigate between present and future despite the backdrop of swirling uncertainty.

November (2024)

Redfruit (2024)

Bather (2024)