Artist's Statement

“Ion Series,” the latest anthology of work by artist Ellen G. Mason, continues to explore her interest in the landscape.  Although not site-specific, her collection, featuring oil stick drawings on gessoed paper and oil on canvas paintings, evokes her time spent in Florida. 

The abstract approach she implements in capturing the essence of her natural surroundings transmits an ionic impulse that will touch all viewers. 

The colors, materials, and textures Mason utilizes in her pieces conjure the metaphysical effects of the Floridian terrain and its aquamarine waters.  Mason achieves this effect by beginning with a complex series of nonrepresentational marks, then subtracting to reveal images of simple landscapes. 

Ellen G. Mason has been creating and exhibiting her art since 1981.  Her work which has received various awards and accolades, has been included in numerous group and solo shows, including “Art of the Northeast,” (1984) judged by the famous art critic, Hilton Kramer. 

A fellow Syracuse alumna, Mason continued her art studies at SUNY Purchase, and Silvermine.

Education

Site Program (1981) with Robert Reed

Silvermine, New Canaan, CT

SUNY Purchase

Syracuse University

Professional Affiliations

Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts

The National League of American Pen Women

Agora Gallery, NYC

Organizational Memberships

Sarasota County Arts Council

Women Contemporary Artists

The Sarasota Visual Art Center

Tenant Artist - Westport Center for the Arts 1984-1988

Exhibitions and Awards

2007  Agora Gallery, Six Degrees of Abstraction

2006  Art Center Sarasota, One Person Show

2004  Roskamp Center for Arts and Humanities

2004  ComCenter

2003  Artists Unlimited 10th Annual National Open, Tampa, FL

2003  Grass Roots Gallery, Englewood, FL

2003  80 Washington Square East Galleries, Small Works Exhibition

2002  Stamford Art Association - 22nd Annual Faber Birren National Color

          Award Show

2002  80 Washington Square East Galleries, Small Works Exhibition

          Barbara Millstein, Judge

2002  WCA Exhibition - Arts Day, Sarasota, FL

2002  Sarasota Visual Arts Center

2001  ARTarget - Flora/Fauna show at the Selby Botanical Gardens

2000  ARTarget - Hot Summer Cool Art 2000 - Second Place

1999  ARTarget - Longboat Key Center for the Arts

1999  Sarasota Visual Art Center

1998  World Fine Art Gallery, NYC (National Drawing Association)

1997  Abney Gallery, NYC (National Drawing Association)

1997  Stamford Museum and Nature Center

1996  Federal Reserve Bank of New York, LMCC Show

1995  Kohn Petersen Fox Gallery, NYC

1995  Broward Community College, Ft Lauderdale, FL

1995  Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

1994  Silvermine Mixed Media Show

1993  Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Four Persons Winners Show

1993  Conn. Art Annual Competition Winner.  Paula Cooper, Judge

1992  Marymount Manhattan College Gallery

1992  Pindar Gallery, Greene St, NYC - One Person Show

1992  Maryland Institute College of Art

1992  Silvermine 70th Anniversary Show

1992  Washington Art Association, Washington, CT

1992  Director's Choice Show, Pindar Gallery, NYC

1991  Connecticut Art Annual Competition.  Robert Doty, Judge

1990  Pindar Gallery, New Members Show

1990  Art of the Northeast.  Carter Ratcliff, Judge

1990  Connecticut Art Annual Competition.  Vivien Raynor, Judge

1989  Metro Center, Stamford, CT

1988  Museum of Arts, Science and Industry, Bridgeport, CT

1988  Connecticut Commission on the Arts, Showcase Exhibit

1988  Drawing Show, Silvermine, CT

1988  Stamford Museum and Nature Center

1987  Connecticut Bank and Trust

1986-89  Westport Town Hall

1985-88  Westport Center for the Arts, Open House Exhibit

1986-89  Pitney Bowes

1985  New Members Show, Silvermine Center for the Arts

1985  Richardson Vick, Wilton, CT

1984  Art of the Northeast.  Hilton Kramer, Judge

1983  Art Society of Old Greenwich

1981  Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT, Honorable Mention