Ellen Marcus

Tag: pastiche

  • 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 those fishes on bicycles without ever having heard the saying:  “a woman without a man…”  I’m sure you know the remainder of that quote.

    My new series of paintings are not quite “satires” or “parody”, and fall upon the bare minimal qualifications for a “tribute”.  A pastiche (according to Wikipedia) is like an imitation with some other things thrown in there (not quite a satire, but, sometimes a satire).
    …Anyway, this is my pastiche of Picasso’s “Women Running On The Beach”.  Enjoy!

  • Seated Fish With Violin

    Oil on canvas –
    It’s very late and I forget what size this is.
    If you’re interested, contact me and
    I’ll take a measurement for you

    Inspired by Claude Buck’s creation “Seated Woman With Violin”.

    This one is now on Redbubble.

    As of yet, I only have 3 more to paint before I can say I’m done with this ‘set’ (and feel confident in that I’ve accumulated enough to fill the walls at my next showing).

    As of now, my brain is totally fried.

    Can I haz vacation time?

  • Oil Version of Fish Playing Cello

    Oil on Canvas – 11″ x 14″

    I mentioned in my last post that I could be re-making this painting with more care…or maybe just reproducing it with a different brand of paint.  Here she is, all oiled-up!  …that is to say, it’s painted in oil, nothing weird.