Ellen ORSECK
Submerged
In 2009 after the death of my father, I began painting images of people underwater – not swimming or playing in the water, but submerged, fully dressed and floating.
The distortion of the water appealed to my sense of the figure and the mystery of loss. The incongruity of beauty, sorrow and death continue to fascinate me. Each image sits between figuration and abstraction.
2010 monotype 30 x 22 inches Private Collection, Houston
2010 monotype 20 x 15 inches Private Collection
2010 monotype 22 x 30 inches Private Collection
2010 monotype 30 x 22 inches
2009 oil on hard board 36 x 12 inches Private Collection
2010 monotype 15 x 20 inches
2010 monotype 22 x 30 inches Private Collection
2009 acrylic and oil on hard board 36 x 12 inches Corporate Collection
2009 acrylic and oil on hard board 18 x 24 inches Private Collection
2014 oil on canvas 32 1/4 x 39 3/4 inches Private Collection
2009 oil on hard panel 20 x 16 inches
2011 oil on canvas 53 x 57 inches