Artist Statement:
Ellen Bradshaw's work was influenced by the realism of the Ashcan painters of the 1910-30's, as well as the sense of color and atmosphere explored by the Impressionists.
Ellen's usual subject is New York City. "I'm drawn to the common everydayness of life in the city, and perhaps what is hidden just beneath the surface of the ordinary. The reflective moody quirky streets of Lower Manhattan are my usual subjects - the neighborhoods, the personalities of her buildings, the majesty of her bridges, the streets transformed by snow or the colors of night, the lone figures of daily routine, the everyday intensity of the simple passing of moments against that in-your-face reality that is New York City."
Ellen's landscape paintings depict the beautiful Finger Lakes Region in upstate Western New York.
Awards & Distinctions:
2005 "Arthur T. Hill Memorial Award", Salmagundi Club, Annual Combined Exhibition
2004 "Arthur T. Hill Memorial Award", Salmagundi Club, Annual Combined Exhibition
2003 "Jack Richeson Art Award", Pen and Brush Regional Juried Exhibition
2003 "Jane Peterson Memorial Award", Salmagundi Club, Annual Combined Exhibition
2001 "The Sophia and Emmanuel Zimmer Award", Pen and Brush Regional Non-Members Juried Show
2000 "Leonard J. Meiselman Memorial Award", Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 104th Annual
2000 "William and Theresa Meyerowitz Memorial Award", Audubon Artists 58th Annual
2000 "Urban Visions Award", Manhattan Arts International
1999 "The Art Students League of New York Award", Allied Artists of America 86th Annual
Exhibitions:
2017 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Circling Manhattan"
2016 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Up on the Roof"
2014 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Views from the High Line"
2013 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Ode to the Brooklyn Bridge"
2011 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "4 Seasons in the West Village"
2010 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Snow Day, Lower Manhattan"
2008 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, “Heading Home, Keuka Lake”
2007 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Night Colors Manhattan"
2006 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Winter in New York"
2006 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "A Farewell Tribute to the Fulton Fish Market"
2004 Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "New York Haunts"
2003/2004 A Taste of Art, New York, NY, "Night Moods"
2013
National Arts Club, New York, NY, "Allied Artists of America 100th Annual"
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "39th Annual Members Group Show"
2012
National Arts Club, New York, NY, "Allied Artists of America 99th Annual"
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "Fairly Small Works Show"
Cahoon Museum of American Art, Cotuit, MA, "Reawakenings: Emerging from Winter into Spring"
Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY, "38th Annual Members Group Show
2011
Yates County Arts Council, Penn Yan, NY, "Local Life"
