Ellen Marcus

Category: oil

  • Caffeinosaurus

    My pre-coffee status.

  • Modern Women Running on Beach Pastiche

    Oil on Canvas – 16″x 20″ Someone from DA taught me a new word.  It’s a very special word and I plan to use it to describe future paintings.  Apparently, I was creating a bunch of “pastiches” without even realizing there was a word for it.  Sort of like that time I was painting all…

  • Fish Playing Cello

    Acrylic on Canvas – 11″ x 14″ I’m going to admit that most of what I paint is just ‘Okay.’  I like it well enough.  Some paintings I can’t stand to look at right after I paint them.  With others it takes some time and observation before deciding upon a negative rating.  However, as luck…

  • Marilyn Mon-Fish-Roe

    Oil on Canvas – 16″ x 20″ Last night I went out to see “Cabin in the Woods” and it was a good time (good acting, story, effects, and, of course, comedic moments that were actually funny).  I’d highly recommend it. This has nothing to do with Miss MonFishRoe.  She’s alright.  Her dress was not…

  • Mona Lisa (As a Fish)

    Oil on Canvas – 16″ x 20″ My latest deadline for 10 paintings has been bumped back.  I won’t be able to finish ten of them by this Saturday.  Luckily, there won’t be any issues if I’m only able to produce 5 or 6 by then. Here’s Mona Lisa…as a fish.  I’m thinking a worm…

  • Fish Tree

    Oil on Canvas – 16″ x 20″ I’m hoping the oil paint will dry by the time it needs to travel to its destination.  I haven’t worked with oil since it has been too cold to keep the windows open and the exhaust fan blowing.   Now that the weather has changed, well, as you…

  • Fish On A Pony

    I’m watching “Ice Road Truckers” on Netflix right now.  I’ve been watching it almost every night for a few weeks.  Last night, I had a nightmare that I was still in high-school and the driver’s ed teacher rigged a fake avalanche tower to test our skills at avoiding falling rocks.  We all passed.  Not that it would matter if…

  • Birth of Venus Remake

    Fish-style version of epic paintings about the birth of Venus. I used both the Botticelli and Poussin versions as inspiration and reference to create this piece. The making of this idea began with a need for something ‘epic’ and evolutionary to set above our fireplace. I hope it’s epic enough to be hung within a…