Gallery Hours
Winter Hours
January
Tuesday- Saturday
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Closed Sunday and Monday
February
Tuesday - Saturday
11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday
12 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Closed Monday
Example Images
Autumn Birch
Fall Fireweed
Example Artwork
Stony Creek
Oil Pastel Original
Oil Pastel Original
Recent Events
April 2009 First Friday: Ellis, Perry, Ratcliff, Schwamm
Join us April 3rd from 5 to 7 pm for our First Friday Opening Reception. We will be featuring the oil pastels of Susan Pennewell Ellis, the abstract acrylics of Linnea Ratcliff, ceramics by Kelly Perry, and fiber art by Linda Schwamm.
View Susan Ellis’ New Show
View Linnea Ratcliff’s New Show
View Linda Schwamm’s New Show
Join us April 3rd from 5 to 7 pm for our First Friday Opening Reception. We will be featuring the oil pastels of Susan Pennewell Ellis, the abstract acrylics of Linnea Ratcliff, ceramics by Kelly Perry, and fiber art by Linda Schwamm.View Susan Ellis’ New Show
View Linnea Ratcliff’s New Show
View Linda Schwamm’s New Show
Artful Violins
Alaskan artists have transformed already beautiful violins into music for the eyes, for an unprecedented fundraising event benefitting the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra.
The violins, currently on display at Artique, will be sold at a Gala Auction in February. They can be pre-purchased at the gallery with a donation check of $10,000 or more. For more information, visit www.artfulviolins.org.
Alaskan artists have transformed already beautiful violins into music for the eyes, for an unprecedented fundraising event benefitting the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra. The violins, currently on display at Artique, will be sold at a Gala Auction in February. They can be pre-purchased at the gallery with a donation check of $10,000 or more. For more information, visit www.artfulviolins.org.
Biography
Susan Pennewell Ellis bring new perspective to all her work. Defining her mixed media pieces as “paintings on paper”, she invariably has an uncommon way of looking at common subjects. Previous paintings have been described as “breezy”, “splashy” and “exuberant”.
The pieces are primarily acrylic, punctuated occasionally with pen and ink, watercolor crayons or pastels. Her spontaneous use of color produces a feeling of spaciousness and warmth. Splattering her landscapes, tundra, hillsides and shorelines with drops of paint, she adds her trademark—chalky streaks of color in unexpected places to suggest life and movement.
Susan’s subjects are generally local. She sketches whenever possible, making notes of the colors she has in mind for quick recall in her home studio. The colors are nearly realistic.
The artist has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, and has studied art in California, Colorado and Alaska. Years of life drawing allow her to take a thought “and do something with it.”
An Alaskan resident since 1976, the inspiration for her work comes from the immensity and diversity that is Alaska. There is, however, an abstract quality to her work that keeps it from being merely regional. The results are large, almost luminescent images. Susan Penewell Ellis captures it all, creating her own special art in the process.
Susan Pennewell Ellis bring new perspective to all her work. Defining her mixed media pieces as “paintings on paper”, she invariably has an uncommon way of looking at common subjects. Previous paintings have been described as “breezy”, “splashy” and “exuberant”.
The pieces are primarily acrylic, punctuated occasionally with pen and ink, watercolor crayons or pastels. Her spontaneous use of color produces a feeling of spaciousness and warmth. Splattering her landscapes, tundra, hillsides and shorelines with drops of paint, she adds her trademark—chalky streaks of color in unexpected places to suggest life and movement.
Susan’s subjects are generally local. She sketches whenever possible, making notes of the colors she has in mind for quick recall in her home studio. The colors are nearly realistic.
The artist has a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University, and has studied art in California, Colorado and Alaska. Years of life drawing allow her to take a thought “and do something with it.”
An Alaskan resident since 1976, the inspiration for her work comes from the immensity and diversity that is Alaska. There is, however, an abstract quality to her work that keeps it from being merely regional. The results are large, almost luminescent images. Susan Penewell Ellis captures it all, creating her own special art in the process.