Art Studies Extraordinaire
France. A chance to study for a few weeks in the great city of Paris, in the central small-town countryside, and even a two-day excursion to Tuscany and Florence. Who could resist such an adventure? For three weeks in October, I with my wife, and fine artist colleague, Tom Nelson, ignored all the bad news of the summer and jumped at the opportunity to explore the art world of historic France. We not only had Paris and Florence Italy, but the special scenes in central France called La Charite sur Loire where we visited with artist friends Els Baekelandt and Carlos Sanchez-Alamo.
The days included lots of sketching and collecting visuals for winter work in the studio as well as trips to the extraordinary towns of Central France - Bourges, Vezelay, Nevers. The experience has indeed changed my sensibilities as an artist some of which I hope will show up in future work.
The year 2008 is gently winding down now. Three holiday shows will exhibit some of my paintings after a busy schedule of four featured artist shows this year. The sales have been good, especially in light of our economic crisis. I am always happy when the paintings find a good home.
Now it is time to plan for 2009 with new approaches and views as well as venues.
Welcome to this Joel Ellis Art website. If you see something you like, please contact me at one of the sources listed at the bottom of each page.
My best wishes for an artful new year,
Joel
