Ellen Jantzen

Coming Into Focus: 2016-2017

Facing West
Inversion
Off Road
On Cloud Nine
Prosperity
Strata
Surmounting the Ridge
Transmutation
Verde
Amplification

Disturbing the Spirits 2014

Sound of Perception
Abundance
Promise of Spring
Whisper
Conquering the Pull of Gravity
And the Greening Begins
Whetting the Waters
Bayou
After Hours
Breeze

Losing Reality; The Reality of Loss: 2011-2013

Hiding the Fiction
Sedimentary Being
Mandrake
Off Trail
Blossom
Proof
Captivation
Without A Trace
Bewitched
Materialize

Mid + West; Dreaming 2021

Pigment Dreaming
Eureka Dreaming
Chromatic Abberation
Hoozdo Dreaming
Blissful Dreaming
Cool Dreaming
Galisteo Dreaming
Tesuque Dreaming
Nambe Dreaming
Winter Dreaming

Mid+West

Saint Albans-Puye
Through the Flowers to the Mesa
Breakwater
Flux
Lone Elk Mesa
Inscape
Harmonize
Climate Conversation
Combustion
Metanaoia

Point & Shoot @ 70 MPH: 2010

California 04-13-2010 2:39pm
Calilfornia 04-13-2010 2:55pm
California 04-13-2010 2:57pm
California 04-13-2010 2:59pm
California 04-13-2010 5:06pm
California 04-13-2010 (Triptych)
California 04-16-2010 2:52pm
California 04-16-2010 4:24pm
California 04-20-2010 9:58am

Seasonal Spirits

A Declaration of Love
Sweet Dreaming
Wearing O’ The Green

Transcending Mandalas

Evidence of Myth Mandala
Evidence of Myth Mandala – DIAMOND ORIENTATION
A Resonant Chill Mandala
A Resonant Chill Mandala – 2
Safeguarding Poppies Mandala – 1
Safeguarding Poppies Mandala – DIAMOND ORIENTATION
Attaining Bliss Mandala – 1
Attaining Bliss Mandala – 2
Attaining Bliss Mandala – 3
Attaining Bliss Mandala – DIAMOND ORIENTATION

Transplanting Reality; Transcending Nature: 2013

Evidence of Myth
A Resonant Chill

Transplanting Reality; Transforming Nature: 2012-2013

Immeasureable
Reaching Destiny
Transplanting Reality
Taking Precautions
Imagination
Attaining Shadow
Extravagance
Ethereal Nature
Meaning is Not Intrinsic
Diaphanous Bough

Unexpected Geology

Equilibrium
Unexpected Geology 19
Unexpected Geology #8a
Unexpected Geology #11b
Unexpected Geology #9
Unexpected Geology #1
Unexpected Geology #4
Unexpected Geology #8b

Unity of Time & Space: 2015

Cornucopia
Heritage
Eden
Committed to Memory
To Time and Life
Committed to Memory 2
In The Cold Light of Night
Influencing Memory
Ascendency of Past Over Future
Moonstone
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In “Disturbing the Spirits” I am using imagery to convey my feelings about the state of nature, the nature of trees, and how to express their connection to past, present and future.  By obscuring a portion of the image through a veil, I strive to heighten the remaining reality through discovery and reflection.

In “Transplanting Reality; Transforming Nature”

The natural world can be experienced on many levels, from the reality of a mountain to the ethereal essence of living beings. Trees, specifically, have always played a major role in my appreciation of nature. Trees produce the oxygen needed for our breath; we provide carbon dioxide for the trees…. a lovely symbiosis.

Forests and trees have also played a prominent role in many folktales and legends and have been given deep and sacred meanings. They are seen as powerful symbols of growth, decay and resurrection. But, with the depletion of forests and the resulting impact on humankind, how we respond will determine our future.

In this series I am addressing my concerns by transplanting replica trees into the natural world. These trees take the form of a constructed likeness or of a ghostly apparition. One is artificial, the other a spirit form; both represent the transformation of nature.

 

Mid+West

Compressing Reality