Ellen ORSECK
Works in Watercolor
Watercolor is like jazz. You can improvise and riff on the spontaneous way that watercolor and paper will react to each other. Pigment dances on paper in different ways. The roughness of the paper will push one way and the loaded brush another.
No matter how much you plan and strive to control the end result, watercolor will surprise and delight.
I love the speed of the process which does not allow you to think too much. Add to the that layering of color, allowing the artist to build value and hue change at will, and you have a medium that is at once luminous and luscious.
2012 watercolor on Arches paper 30 x 22 inches Private Collection
2014 watercolor on paper 16 x 20 inches Private Collection
2013 watercolor on paper 22 x 30 inches Private Collection
2012 watercolor on paper 5 x 7 inches Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library, International Exhibit 32 pages
2006 watercolor on paper 4 x 5 inches Private Collection
2013 watercolor on paper 23.5 x 23.5 inches Private Collection
2006 watercolor on paper 4 x 5 inches Private Collection
2013 watercolor on paper 30 x 22 inches Private Collection
2013 watercolor on paper 28 x 28 inches Private Collection
2014 watercolor on Arches paper 41.25 x 29.75 inches
2014 watercolor on Yupo paper 22 x 22 inches Private Collection
2006 4 x 5 inches watercolor Private Collection