Painter Ellen Buselli's favorite subject-- still life-- has evolved
since she moved to New York City after college. After doing a series
of still-life paintings called "Tools of the Trade", she exhibited
them at the Fine Arts Museum of Long Island. New York Newsday stated
that the paintings "seem to borrow something from the Italian painter
Georgio Morandi in the way in which they take familiar objects and impart
a sort of metaphysical presence."
Her paintings have an archaic quality indicating her love of antiquity
and echoes of times past. "I try to create a sense of timelessness
in my paintings. Each painting is a safe haven of quiet study."
Throughout
her New York experience, Buselli has channeled her love of the Dutch
Masters, Chardin, Fantin La Tour, Emil Carlsen, Sargent, and Morandi
into moody oils that emulate their sense of chiaroscuro and classical
painting. Her childhood propensity for sketching and perspective eventually
culminated in a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Cornell University
plus study at the Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy and the Art Students
League in New York.
The
artist, who uses her personal collection of Persian vases, old Roman
glass, pottery from the American Arts & Crafts Movement and other
artifacts for subject matter, works from a Manhattan studio with northern
exposure that she prefers for its constant soft and moody light. She
has collected recognition for her work from the American Artist Magazine,
National Academy of Design, Oil Painters of America, American Women
Artists, Allied Artists of America, the Salmagundi Club, The American
Artists Professional League, The Ridgewood Art Institute and The Artist's
Magazine.
