| My wounds are who I am. My art is a reflection of this. Transforming, adding colors, adding layers… Sometimes covering them up again, sometimes violently ripping them away, or sometimes merely poking holes in the layers to see inside, so I know where I’ve been. It’s my history of being.
Through my life I have made a series of choices. I saw things I liked and was drawn to them. I made choices to move in those directions. The actions were sometimes planned and calculated but mostly they were spontaneous, from the heart. I did not think out the consequences. Because of these actions I fought the battles. I chose lovers and friends. I created relationships and environments. I adorned myself with the clothing of my choices, the wounds from my battles. The rewards from my gentler creations also become visible.
The process of creating art is also like this for me. I struggle. I love. I hate. Mistakes are made, covered over, but always leaving a history of what went before. Sometimes becoming the most beautiful places. The wounds always show, making it richer and more beautiful as it evolves; like the human spirit.
My work is a contemporary statement worn by the elements. I am interested in texture with hidden images, movement and age. I love discarded old things, deserted places and damp basements…stones and cracked walls overgrown with nature…mysterious places where wild animals live.
Ellen Lane
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