Falling into Line I painting is part of Ellen’s ‘Feeling Colours’ Exhibition now running at the Bluethumb Art Gallery as part of the NGV’s 2021 Melbourne Design Week.
Please note – all paintings that are part of the Feeling Colours Exhibition will not be shipped until after 16th of April, at the conclusion of the exhibition.
"Colour is life for a world without colours appears to us dead"
– Johannes Itten
Feeling Colours explores the connection between colour and human emotion using upcycled furniture, art and textiles. How does colour affect our sense of calm, excitement and well-being? Can we create inviting and rejuvenating space by understanding and promoting colour? The exhibition will feature several ‘room segments’ showcasing the canvas art and textile design of Ellen McKenna. It is hoped the exhibition will serve as an inspiration for visitors to create and explore colour havens within their own communities, businesses, and homes.
Exhibition Running dates: Friday 19th March to Friday 16th April 2021
EXCLUDING: WEEKENDS AND EASTER LONG WEEKEND
Bluethumb Art Gallery
52 Cambridge St, Collingwood VIC 3066
This event is part of Melbourne Design Week 2021, an initiative of the Victorian Government in collaboration with the NGV.
The artwork has been finished with a satin varnish with UV Protection and is ready to be hung.
This painting has an external wood frame and is ready to hang - however the canvas is not stretched around an internal frame. The A4 canvas sits in-between the wood frame and a wooden backing board.
Please don't hesitate to ask the Blue Thumb Team (they are lovely and helpful) or myself any questions you may have about this painting!
Falling into Line I - 'Feeling Colours' Exhibition
Artwork Details
Medium | Acrylic, Canvas, Framed by Artist |
Dimensions | 11.7in (W) x 8.3in (H) x 0.8in (D) |
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Artwork Description
Artist Bio
Ellen McKenna is a Melbourne based pattern designer and artist. Ellen uses her art and pattern work as creative expression with a focus on colour, shape, playfulness and balance. Inspired by multidisciplinary design elements from the early to mid 20th Century, Ellen’s aesthetic is also shaped by her lifelong study and love of the arts which includes, a Certificate IV in Design, a Certificate IV in Interior Decorating and graduating with a degree in Visual and Performing Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts.
Ellen's work has, so far, been featured in products by fashion, textile and home wares clients, such as Gillian Valentine, Natty and Polly, Sole Mio, Kablooie, Elm Lifestyle , Chester Street Clothing, Foxwood Clothing, Tokoencit, Little and Kind, Nerida Hansen Textiles, Cotton ON, Soxy Beast and a recent collaboration with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Ellen's art work has also featured in Home Design Magazine and has been included in a corporate art acquisition for the Queen and Collins Building in Melbourne.
Ellen also produced a month long exhibition 'Feeling Colours’ which was hosted by the Bluethumb Art Gallery and was part of Melbourne Design Week 2021 NGV and featured Ellen’s art and textile design.
https://bluethumb.com.au/blog/galleries-and-exhibitions/melbourne-design-week-ellen-mckenna/
In 2020 Ellen was also shortlisted as a finalist and awarded a commendation in The Design Files + Laminex - Design Awards in the category of Textile Design.
Ellen works in both digital and painterly repeat pattern design and also standalone canvas and scalable digital placement art.