Artist Statement

I work in abstract collage with a variety of materials. My visceral response to them propels me to work. I layer borrowed and original papers along with image transfers, ink or acrylic washes, colored pencil and graphite. I create papers with rust and tea printing and a solvent process that transforms commercially printed images into unexpected monoprints. I use image transfer text as a form of mark making and mine interesting phrases for titles. My primary support is vellum.  Its translucency allows me to work on both sides of the sheet and enhances the illusion of depth.  ‍ ‍

Bio

Ellen Jouret-Epstein has exhibited widely throughout the Hudson Valley and beyond, notably at The Lockwood Gallery, Kingston, NY; Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY; LABspace, Hillsdale, NY; ASK/Art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY; Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY; BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY; Blue Mountain Gallery, NY, NY; L’ARTeficIO, Torino Italy, and more. In 2022 She was a featured artist at Window on Hudson, Hudson, NY and her studio was selected that year to participate in Upstate Art Weekend. Jouret-Epstein’s collage New Alphabet was featured on the cover of the French literature journal l’esprit createur.