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.
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – drawing
Elaine Smollin
Disciplines:
Visual Arts – drawing
Region: RHODE ISLAND
Residencies: 1980, 1981, 1985
Cellar Door
Bridge Sundown
Charon's Barque
Corner House 1
Studios
Alexander
Elaine Smollin worked in the Alexander studio.
Funded through the generous support of Elizabeth Alexander, this studio was built in memory of her late husband, the renowned portrait painter John White Alexander (1856-1915). Originally designed as a visual art gallery, Marian MacDowell persuaded Elizabeth that the space would better serve the arts if commissioned as a visual…