Ellen Maidman-Tanner, "Stepped Icelandic Waterfall,” 20x 16 in, Oil on Canvas, 2018
A West WING Project Space Online Exhibition
“I had never imagined myself a landscape painter. Iceland changed all that. “
The works in this exhibit cover the years between 2019 and 2021, and reflect the artist’s passion for the moody, austere landscapes of Iceland. Maidman-Tanner takes numerous photographic images of Iceland during her visits, composing for paintings as she goes. The result are works of spare intensity, designed to relay her love for the unspoiled terrain. “To see what untouched, geologically ‘young’ mountains and plains look like, was a spiritual, life-altering experience for me, one I felt moved and challenged to more deeply investigate in my studio. “
— Ellen Maidman-Tanner
About Ellen Maidman-Tanner:
Maidman-Tanner studied at the Philadelphia College of Art and in the Fine Arts Department of York University in Toronto. Her early works, shown in galleries in Toronto and Israel, were installations on topics from current events to life stories. She attended the Cuttyhunk Artists’ Residency in 2019, and has taken courses recently with Dean Fisher, Alyssa Monks and Zane York. Over the last two years, her drawings and paintings have appeared in numerous juried exhibits and are included in private collections in the United States, Spain, Iceland and Denmark.