Ellen Marcus

Tag: running

  • GMO’s

    Sold: “GMO’s” – Acrylic – 16×20″

    Since I had a complete running-fail last week, I’m hoping to have just a little more motivation for tomorrows run.

     

  • 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!

  • Spring Feet

    Spring Feet – Acrylic on canvas

    Hello readers!  It’s that time of year when I dust cobwebs off my websites and do some domain/website organizing.  After a long period of attempting and failing to merge that professional look with a personal blog, this blog is going to remain as a blog and nothing more.  My “ActsofPaint” domain now points to my professional portfolio (where all the professional stuff will go).  Of course, I’m am still deciding whether or not to link it back to this blog where I am now free to rant about unprofessional things in a most uneventful way (bonus points if it gets eventful).

    This will hopefully make things easier for me and less confusing for you.

    I’ve had way too much caffeine today and speaking of confusing, this painting was meant to hang on the wall by it’s edge (like this):

     

  • Waste Not

    “Pork Chops”
    Acrylic on Canvas – 8″ x 6″

    Be sure the animals you eat have lived a happy life.  Please don’t support corporate farms that abuse their animals.  This painting was inspired by Breakaway Farms (our local farmers).

    If you decide to eat meat, please have respect for the creature and leave as little waste as possible.

    As usual, I’ve been very busy, but, this blog will roll on whether or not I have time to update it.

    I have also updated the NAC blog.  Please visit the works and delights of my fellow Philadelphia peers here: http://nacollective.blogspot.com/

    Thanks for visiting!

  • Elephant Run

    RunElephant8″ x 10″

    Oil on canvas
    SOLD
    So… I signed up for the Chicago Marathon. It will be my first marathon…
    I hear from many people that training for a marathon is a difficult beast, but, I don’t think it should have to be that way. I believe it should be more about a person’s state of mind. If one thinks it to be a difficult chore, it will be difficult, if one thinks it to be fun and exciting, it will be fun and exciting.
    I’m just jogging in the warm-up phases for now, but, will be following the words of wisdom from my vetted training advisors (of which I have several) when training is due to begin…
    good times, and you can find the poster for this painting here.
  • Fish with Legs

    Fish with Legs

    FishWlegs

    8″ x 10″

    Oil on canvas
    I have nothing much to talk about right now. It is too early in the morning and I haven’t had any caffeine yet.
  • City Run

    City Run

    CityRun

    Oil on Canvas

    8″ x 10″
    I experimented with painting this image right on the canvas without penciling it in first. This experiment turned out to be a success.
    Long live the experiment!

  • Say “Hi” to Foot Painting

    SayHiToFoot

    Oil on canvas
    16″ x 20″

    This one took me forever to finish…as some of you might have noticed.

    First off, thanks for noticing.

    Secondly, contrary to what the rest of me thinks about hot weather, my feet don’t like to be cooked in poorly ventilated shoes.