Elinore's Paintings: Five Women Artists in New York

I am one of the five artists participating in the following exhibition:

Other artists: Ellen Bradshaw, Lisbeth Firmin, Lynn Jadamec & Sonya Sklaroff

Ken Ratner, guest curator
Opening Reception: Tuesday, May 6, 2008 from 6 - 8 pm
Exhibition Dates: May 7 - June 29, 2008

Flushing Council on Culture & the Arts
Flushing Town Hall
137-35 Northern Blvd
Flushing, NY 11354
http://www.flushingtownhall.org for directions

Pastis A.M. oil on canvas 24" x 36" 2001

"Inspired by the painters of the Ashcan School, these five women artists boldly take to the streete to formulate their own unique visions of the metropolis." Ken Ratner

Since many of you will not be able to see the exhibit because you do not live in or near New York City or for sundry other reasons, I have input below the paintings of mine that are in the exhibit. I do not have access to the other artists' work, but I'm sure googling their names would bring their art to you. They are wonderful artists and I'm pleased to be exhibiting with them.

Blue Nocturne oil on canvas 18" x 24" 2006

Blue Fin XXX oil on canvas 30" x 32" 2007

This group of paintings is one that spans three different approaches to painting scenes of New York City.

The most recent paintings were influenced by the distancing effect of reflections; the interaction of the interior world of comfort with a glass of wine and the outside, reflected world of media and disjuncture.

Blue Fin IV oil on board 11" x 13" 2004

Times Square ATM oil on canvas 24" x 18" 2003

The Times Square painting was painted right there on the sidewalk, plein air. The noise, the shifting lights, the comments, contributed their panache to the visual image.

Caffe Rafaella oil on canvas 26" x 32" 2002

And then again, the interior spaces with people enclosed in spaces that are created by others to take them into quiet places, or social encounters; always near strangers, held together by common purpose, that of a certain communality.