Ingrid Ellison
It is late afternoon and the sun lands in a slant across my desk. The scarred wood is pitted with a history of paint and ink. Minding the shadows I arrange some treasures I might want to draw: a scrap of patterned fabric, a pearl and rhinestone hat pin, a few dried poppy pods from last summer's garden. I have a small journal that I carry with me and a larger one for holding paint. I have tins of color, brushes and a jar of fresh water. I have scissors, adhesives and shiny bits of glitter. Turning to a new page, I follow light, thoughts and threads of attention. I invent words, record days and imagine paintings. This ritual of mine has filled over forty volumes of visual journals. These are the first things I would save in a fire.
Ingrid Ellison was born in Boston and has made Maine her home for the past 17 years. Since moving to the mid-coast she has exhibited throughout New England including the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, The University of Maine Bangor. Ingrid graduated from Skidmore College with a BS in Studio Art and earned her MFA in Painting from American University. She also studied printmaking at Il Bisonte in Florence, Italy and has been in residence at Hewnoaks and Vermont Studio Center.