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Eleanor Merritt

 

www.eleanormerritt.com          info@eleanormerritt.com       Art Uptown Gallery Sarasota's Only Cooperative Gallery 1367 Main Street Sarasota, Florida 941.955.5409 Hours: 10am-4pm, Monday-Saturday   "My Paintings are reflections of my life… memories of places and events as well as the affirmation of my strength as a woman and as a mother. My images emerge from my concious/subconcious mind and just explode on the working surface through the combined use of acrylics, inks, fabrics and collage. I continuously use figures as a symbolic reference to my point of view; my vision has become endless… my exploration a journey of discovery and excitement." "My subject matter continues to emerge as very personal revelations of inner spiritual messages; not always obvious to the viewer, but hopefully providing visual interaction until further investigation reveals the concept…"   The list of Eleanor Merritt's one-woman, group, corporate and juried shows spans the eastern seaboard and westward. It includes colleges and universities, corporate offices, museums, galleries, libraries and art centers. On the list are the University of Florida; the University of Connecticut Cultural Center; American International College; the Atlanta Life Insurance Company; the Carnegie Endowment Institute in NYC; the Contemporary Art Museum in Jacksonville, Florida to name only a few. During the past 35 years she has had over 20 one woman shows, and her works have travelled to California, Colorado, Texas and Shimoneski, Japan. This native New Yorker was graduated from the High School of Music and Art, receiving her BA and MA degrees in Fine Arts and Education from Brooklyn College CUNY. She is a charter member of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.; on the Board of the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, FL; former Board member and V.P. of the Women's Caucus for Art; and a member of art centers and organizations in Florida including the Florida Artists Group; the Pen Women; and Women Contemporary Artists. The award winning artist aligns herself with no particular school of painting, although she acknowledges the influences of her training and studies with her instructors at Brooklyn College under Ad Rhinehart, Mark Rothko, James Ernst, Kurt Seligmann and Mark Dillon. Her style continues to emerge with continual experimentation in mixed media techniques. She continues to teach locally and is a popular lecturer in Art History with Senior educational programs in Sarasota, Florida.

Ancestral Dream Dance 30x40 Acrylic on Canvas     The Conversation 28x36 Acrylic on an     Oracle 24x30 Acrylic     Golden Dream Goddess 32x40 Acrylic/Mixed Media on Paper     Swimming 26x36 Acrylic on Paper     Four Kings 34x50 Acrylic on Tapa Cloth     Autumn Leaves 24x36 Collage/Mixed Media