I am a painter using drawing in its perceptual forms to see metaphorically around corners and down mysterious pathways to show the significance of light and darkness. My large figure works extend imagery from Antiquity. Since 1992, I have been writing about art and society. At MacDowell in 1978, 1979, 1981 the greatest gift was to engage daily with the most senior practitioners in music and art whose lifetime careers and compassion for world culture forecast my own future.
Discipline:
Visual Art – drawing
Elaine Smollin
Discipline:
Visual Art – drawing
Region: RHODE ISLAND
MacDowell Fellowships: 1980, 1981, 1985
Cellar Door
Bridge Sundown
Charon's Barque
Corner House 1
Studios
Alexander
Elaine Smollin worked in the Alexander studio.
Originally designed to be a visual art gallery, this facility was built in memory of the late John White Alexander (1856-1915) and funded by Elizabeth Alexander and their son James. John White Alexander was highly regarded as a portrait painter and, in the early part of the 20th century, served…