Work samples

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About Ellen

Ellen Burchenal is an artist who makes paintings and drawings.  An adjunct instructor in the MICA Senior Thesis program, she is also the coordinator/faculty for the MICA Italy Summer program, and visiting faculty for the MICA @SACI Honors Studio program in Florence, Italy. The recipient of a NEA residency grant, an AIA Honors Award, and six Maryland State Arts Council Artist Fellowships, Burchenal has exhibited and lectured in galleries and universities throughout the region and in Italy.  … more

Florence Winter Drawings 2017

Series of 15" x 11" mixed media works on paper worked on during a winter residence/teaching appointment in Florence, Italy.
works use ink, gouache, collage and acrylic skins.
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Walking Tour

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    Biscuit.jpg
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    06a-JDP_9922 copy 2.jpg
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    04-Cinecitta.jpg
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    WalkingTourDetail1.jpg
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    02a-JDP_2793 copy.jpg

Thank you Notes

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Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly)

These are digital ink jet prints. Using the small drawings from the Hotel Drawing Series (below) I experimented with blowing up the drawings - to make the small mark more monumental. The color and background refer to the everyday landscape of Sorrento, Sant'Agnello and Naples.
  • Bar 13
    Bar 13
    44" x 31" Digital ink jet print
  • Cloister 1
    Cloister 1
    44" x 33" digital ink jet print
  • Bench
    Bench
    44" x 31" Digital ink jet print
  • Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly)
    Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly)
    Installation view, 44" x 25'
  • Pizza Box
    Pizza Box
    44" x 44" digital ink jet print
  • Office
    Office
    44" x 56" digital ink jet print
  • Sidewalk
    Sidewalk
    44" x 44" digital ink jet print
  • Cloister 2
    Cloister 2
    44" x 43" digital ink jet print
  • Room 210
    Room 210
    44" x 44" digital ink jet prin
  • Chapel
    Chapel
    44" x 44" digital ink jet print

Hotel Drawings

The Hotel Drawings are a series of small ink drawings of  mirrors or frames. They were started in a hotel room in southern Italy. In 2008, living in the center of Florence, Italy, I was struck by how the decorative architectural forms literally elbowed me out into the street. So I have been experimenting with ways to make these lap sized drawings as big as I am.
(see Festina Lente series above)
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    from Hotel Drawing Series
    9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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    from Hotel Drawing Series
    9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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    from Hotel Drawing Series
    9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
  • from Hotel Drawing Series
    from Hotel Drawing Series
    9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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    from Hotel Drawing Series
    7" x 9" Ink and paint pen on paper
  • from Hotel Drawing Series
    from Hotel Drawing Series
    7" x 9" Ink and paint pen on paper
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    from Hotel Drawing Series
    8" x 8" Ink and paint pen on paper
  • from Hotel Drawing Series
    from Hotel Drawing Series
    7" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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    from Hotel Drawing Series
    8" x 6" Ink and paint pen on paper
  • Hotel Drawing Series (partial)
    Hotel Drawing Series (partial)
    installation view

Untitled Daily Drawings

Selected drawings from daily drawing series, 2015-2016.  India ink, watercolor, and acrylic collage on paper, approx. 7" x 5".
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    untitled
    Series of 365 individual prints (intaglio etching and aquatint) on various papers, metal pins 48 inches by 48 inches Storage Space Gallery Installation, Towson, MD
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    untitled daily drawing
    Gouache on paper, 7" x 5"
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Cartouche

Charcoal and acrylic on paper, 30" x 22", 2011
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    Princeton Road
    30" x 22" Acrylic and charcoal on paper
  • Green Cartouche
    Green Cartouche
    30" x 22" Acrylic and charcoal on paper
  • SMN Cartouche
    SMN Cartouche
    30" x 22" Acrylic and charcoal on paper
  • Studio Cartouche
    Studio Cartouche
    30" x 22" Acrylic and charcoal on paper
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Ellipses

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Cumulus wall drawing

Charcoal, pastel on wall
approx 10' x 12'
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    Cumulus wall drawing
    Installation view
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    Cumulus
    Detail
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    Cumulus
    Installation view
  • Cumulus
    Cumulus
    installation view

Small Prints

Digital prints - about 18".
  • Mr. Clean
    Mr. Clean
    8" x 9" digital ink jet print
  • Illustrious Strew
    Illustrious Strew
    10" x 8" digital ink jet print 2012
  • Bussola
    Bussola
    8" x 8" digital ink jet print 2012
  • Torpor
    Torpor
    8" x 8" digital ink jet print 2012
  • Bench Sentry
    Bench Sentry
    8" x 8" digital ink jet print 2012
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