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
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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.
works use ink, gouache, collage and acrylic skins.
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.
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Bar 1344" x 31" Digital ink jet print
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Cloister 144" x 33" digital ink jet print
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Bench44" x 31" Digital ink jet print
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Festina Lente (Make Haste Slowly)Installation view, 44" x 25'
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Pizza Box44" x 44" digital ink jet print
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Office44" x 56" digital ink jet print
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Sidewalk44" x 44" digital ink jet print
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Cloister 244" x 43" digital ink jet print
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Room 21044" x 44" digital ink jet prin
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Chapel44" 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)
(see Festina Lente series above)
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from Hotel Drawing Series9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series9" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series7" x 9" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series7" x 9" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series8" x 8" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series7" x 7" Ink and paint pen on paper
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from Hotel Drawing Series8" x 6" Ink and paint pen on paper
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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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untitledSeries 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 drawingGouache on paper, 7" x 5"
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Cartouche
Charcoal and acrylic on paper, 30" x 22", 2011
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