Harbor Sunrise

In Sue Ellibee's collage work, she uses the elements of color, texture and shape to design a version of nature. This artistic direction has given her an opportunity to use visual skills in a new way–to interpret and simplify the natural landscape.

Ellibee paint papers and create textures on recycled grocery-store bags. She hand-cut the papers, to give the piece a more handcrafted feel, then assemble them on the board.

It’s the details that count. The colors and textures. The seasons. How things change. How both the artwork and her change and evolve.

Sue's work can be described as modern folk art. She loves that. Her work has a craftsman feel to it with the pieces of cut kraft paper and the use of raw materials. Even the frames are handcrafted by an artisan in unfinished wood.

She explores her surroundings and tries to show the narrative from her point of view. What Ellibee creates is not a replication of what is there, but how she see things in shapes and colors.

Framed: 11" x 21"