Canadian sculptor Ellen Jewett is one of those who are making the cultural revolution. But the coup is being carried out quietly, without manifestations and bloody riots. Ellen Jewett just lives the way she feels, doesn’t look back at accepted standards.
The works of the sculptor delight, you don’t want to leave her exhibitions, because each creation deserves special attention. Ellen Jewett creates unique and mesmerizing masterpieces that intertwine flora, fauna and whimsical fantasy details.
Biography of the sculptor Ellen Jewett
Ellen Jewett was born in Canada. She showed interest in creating three-dimensional sculptures as a child, surprised her classmates and teachers with her unusual works. After leaving school, she studied fine arts, was seriously interested in anthropology, and received a bachelor’s degree. The girl tried to develop in different directions: she looked after exotic animals, taught animation lessons to children, made illustrations for medical articles and books. She realized that her two main interests – creativity and biology – are closely integrated into each other.
In one of the interviews, the girl said: “For me, the forms that mother nature embodied are a source of deep aesthetic pleasure.” Ellen makes her art work very carefully, using dozens of small details that, in a complex, turn into an original work of art. The fantastic creatures created by her hands fascinate with their fragility and unusualness.
Creation
The sculptor is very responsible for the preservation of the environment; in his works, Jewett does not use materials that emit toxic substances. This position limits the choice, but at the same time encourages new experiments. Ellen successfully combines different materials and textures in her work. As a basis for sculptures, she takes a metal frame. A layer of lightweight polymer clay is superimposed on it. At the end, the artist paints the created creation with acrylic and oil paints. It is interesting that Ellen deliberately leaves fingerprints, brush strokes on the sculpture. For her, it is important that the effect of the presence of the creator is felt in the works.
Jewett’s work is treated ambiguously. Those who understand avant-garde and surrealism instantly fall in love with her work. There is something in them that intrigues with a mysteriously creepy understatement. Her sculptures are exhibited with great pleasure in their halls by major art galleries around the world.
