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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.
AWARDS
and DISTINCTIONS
-
American
Artist Magazine, Cover Award and Article
"Observing Carefully, Thinking Abstractly,
Painting Traditionally"
- First
Place, Oil Category, American Artist 70th Anniversary
Competition
- Master's Choice Award, American
Women Artists
- Artist's
Magazine First Cover Competition
- Best
Still-Life Award, Oil Painters of America
- Signature
Status, Oil Painters of America
- Best
in Show, American Women Artists, Fifth Annual
Competition
- Finalist
in Still-Life Category, The Artist’s Magazine
Annual Art Competition
- Honorable
Mention for Still-Life, The Artist’s Magazine
Annual Art Competition
- The
Jack Richeson Silver Brush Award, Oil Painters
of America
- The
Winsor & Newton Award of Excellence, Oil Painters
of America
- Allied
Artists of America, The Gilmore-Romans Memorial
Award
- First
for Still Life Painting, The Ridgewood Art Institute
- Knickerbocker
Artists Award for Oil Painting
- American
Artists Professional League Award for Painting
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