“I paint light, stillness, and the beauty found in simple meaningful moments.”
Sue Ellen is a watercolor and pastel artist whose still lifes focus on moments of quiet presence. Using familiar objects and intimate settings, her work explores light, balance, and subtle transformation. Through restrained composition and gentle color relationships, she creates contemplative spaces that invite the viewer to slow down and notice the beauty unfolding within stillness.
‘Stillness Breathing’- Currently exhibited in the Joy Collection, at the Fine Arts League Gallery in Downtown Cary, NC
Watercolor 29 × 18 on Arches 300# cold pressed
‘After the First Cut’- Currently exhibited in the Town & Country Exhibit at Pro’s Epicurean Ristorante in Downtown Cary, NC
Soft Pastel 14 × 11‘Reflections in Indigo- Currently exhibited at WakeMed Cary’s Reflections Gallery
Watercolor 10 x 21 on Arches 300# cold pressed“I’m learning to see through painting- finding beauty not in perfection, but in light, shadow and spaces in between”
Work
A quiet exploration of light- expressed in watercolor and pastel.