Earlier this summer I caught up with San Francisco Bay Area-based artis Ellen Levine Dodd, whose work I discovered at Serena & Lily. Last year, after I had featured some of Dodd’s colorful paintings, she emailed me to say she was headed to Provincetown. I wasn’t in town then, but she came back this year, and we met (in real life) at Chequessett Chocolate, a new funky coffee and chocolate cafe in Truro.
We chatted about art and the web, the growing opportunities for artists to sell work online (Serena & Lily’s gallery model has been fabulous for her), and life in general. She showed me images of her newest works on her iPad, and a delicious smoothie later, we parted,promising to catch up again next year. Of course, if I’m ever in the Bay area I’ll be sure to drop by her studio too.
Dodd’s a local Massachusetts gal. She grew up in Newton, went to Clark University on an art scholarship, studied painting at the Worcester Museum School, and photography at the Worcester Craft Center. Following a year abroad, she studied photography and printmaking at Massachusetts College of Art.
Dodd has a rich work history in the arts. She worked as a studio assistant in the paper mill at Sonoma State University, creating paper pulp for many artists including Sam Francis, has curated exhibitions, and consulted on business matters with artists.Currently she works full time as an artist, photographer, and digital fine art printer .
I’m drawn to the bold colors, textures, and shapes in Dodd’s layered pieces, on which she paints, scratches, sands, carves, and draws. Here are abstract and landscape multi media paintings by Ellen Levine Dodd.
Dodd’s iPad with images of her new work.
Postcard and plant at Chequessett Chocolate.
A Loaf Of Bread A Jug Of Wine
Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel, in handmade basswood frame
12.75″ x 12.75” • $750
Island In The Sky 2
Acrylic, mixed media on wood panel
12.75″ x 12.75” • $750
Keep Your Chin Up
Acrylic, mixed media on wood panel
12.75″ x 12.75” • $750
Music In The Garden
Acrylic, mixed media on wood panel, framed by the artist
16.75″ x 16.75” • $995
Pebbles In A Pond
Acrylic, mixed media on wood panel, framed by the artist
2.75″ x 12.75″ • $750
Striations I
Acrylic, mixed media on wood panel
8.75″ x 8.75” • $495
Wanderings 3
Oil, oil sticks, mixed media on wood panel, framed by the artist
12.75″ x 12.75” • $750
Which Way Is Up
Acrylic, mixed media on wood panel
16.75″ x 16.75” • $975
Marina
Acrylic, mixed media on board
16.75″ x 16.75” • $975
Headlands 1
Acrylic, mixed media on cradled wood panel
6″ x 6” • $275
Breaking Ground
Casein, and mixed media on cradled wood panel
29.5″ x 22.5″ • $1,900
Carmel Beach Sand
Casein, acrylic, beach sand, mixed media on cradled wood panel, framed by the artist
11″ x 7″ • $385
Postcard and cactus.
More new work on Ellen Levine Dodd’s iPad.
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