Ellen Franklin

Mixed media & acrylic · Chattanooga, TN

Ellen Franklin has been a working artist for twenty years. She builds her paintings intuitively in layers and textures, chasing the interplay of the natural world with color and light — from the mountains of Tennessee to the rugged coast of Maine.

A native Chattanoogan, Ellen discovered painting later in life, beginning with a watercolor class from Jim Wright. She has since pushed well past a single medium, working with unconventional materials like coffee, concrete and wax. She is a Member of Excellence of the International Acrylic Painters Society.

What I see infuses what I paint. I enjoy the entire process of each painting, usually beginning with a scene composed through the camera lens.