Artist Statement
For the last decade I have been working on a series of oil paintings on wood and recently I have also been making small and very small pieces on paper. The paintings are inspired by a certain type of shape I find compelling and by the emotional power of colors.

The shapes mostly come from drawings I have done of bird bones. I begin with salvaged / dumpstered wood and add spackle and thin layers of oil paint. This slow process results in paintings which, because of their subtlety and because they change significantly in different light, say different things at different times.

The works on paper are made from very mixed media including graphite, oil pencil, watercolor, acrylic, oil, blood, etc.





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Biographical Information
Elaine Close was born in Connecticut in 1970. In 1992 she graduated from Connecticut College with a bachelor's degree in fine arts with a concentration in painting and collage. Since then she has been living in Portland and showing her work in various places around the city. Her studio is in the top of the tower at the B&O Warehouse in industrial southeast.