Ellen ORSECK
Submerged
In 2009 after the death of my father, I began painting images of people underwater – not swimming or playing in the water, but submerged, fully dressed and floating.
The distortion of the water appealed to my sense of the figure and the mystery of loss. The incongruity of beauty, sorrow and death continue to fascinate me. Each image sits between figuration and abstraction.
30 x 22 inches monotype From the Collection of Charles and Eileen Johnson
20 x 15 inches monotype From the Collection of Charlie and Eileen Johnson
22 x 30 inches monotype From the Collection of Riaro Gomez
30 x 22 inches monotype From the Collection of the Artist
36 x 12 inches oil on hard board From the Collection of Leann Mueller
15 x 20 inches monotype
22 x 30 inches monotype From the Collection of Sandy Dimerio
36 x 12 inches acrylic and oil on hard board From the Collection of the Municipal District Services LLC, Cypress, Texas
18 x 24 inches acrylic and oil on hard board From the Collection of Margaret Wische
oil on canvas 32 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches From the Collection of Riaro Gomez
20 x 16 inches oil on hard panel From the Collection of the Artist
oil on canvas 53 x 57 inches