Ellen Rolli Contemporary Painter

I am a contemporary painter, interested in interpreting subject and emotion in an abstract and intuitive way. I am interested and excited by the I am a contemporary painter, interested in interpreting

subject and emotion in an abstract and intuitive way. I am

interested and excited by the process, by daring paint

application, by color, texture and the element of discovery.

Ellen has maintained a full time studio/gallery in the SoWa arts district

in the South End of Boston for over 11 years. A graduate of the Massachusetts

College of Art, she was an artist member of the Copley Society of

Art of Boston where she was promoted to Copley Artist

status. The Copley Society awarded Ellen a month long painting

residency at the Fine Arts Works Center of Provincetown Massachusetts

which she completed in the fall of 2009.

She conducts both private and group Workshops in her Studio.

Ellen’s work has been exhibited in Massachusetts galleries, art

associations and venues such as Boston hotels, restaurants,

retail businesses and corporate settings. She has had several group and solo

exhibitions including a Red Room solo exhibition at

the Copley Society of Art.

She has been the recipient of many awards and her paintings are

held in numerous private collections in the United States and

abroad. Ellen is featured in a 2010 book titled “100 Artists of New

England”, and a 2015 book, “Inside the Artists Studio”. Her

work was featured in the 2011 September/October and 2012 March/

April issue of Artscope magazine.

She is represented by Pryor Fine Art of Atlanta, Georgia, the

Sarah Jessica Fine Arts Gallery of Provincetown, Ma., and Powers Gallery of

Acton, Ma.

Ellen’s work was showcased in the fall of 2013 at the Thomas Moser

Showroom, Boston. She was part of a four women group show

in 2014 titled, “Soul Mining” at the Copley society of Art. Most recently, Ellen was

honored to be juried into the National Association of Women Artists, Inc., by daring paint application, by color, texture and the element of discovery.

I am a contemporary painter, interested in interpreting subject and emotion in an abstract and intuitive way. I am interested and excited by the process, by daring paint application, by color, texture and the element of discovery.

My process involves an instinctive use of materials, which allows for more freedom, more risk taking. I favor a variety in mark making and paint application such as thin areas of paint, thick brushstrokes of rich color, building layers or scraping through. As the painting evolves, I react to the dialogue between us. process involves an instinctive use of materials, which allows for more freedom, more risk taking. I favor a variety in mark making and paint application such as thin areas of paint, thick brushstrokes of rich color, building layers or scraping through. As the painting evolves, I react to the dialogue between us.