{"title":"Ellen Greene","description":"\u003ch2\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eI am a seeker of my own internal equinox. A seeker of the light and dark balance within my psyche through an intuitive image making process grounded in traditional oil painting, western tattoo iconography, found objects, and embellished garments. I seek to create images from my embodied experience of the feminine and to reach an authentic vulnerability and purity of expression. I study, dissect and reformulate images of the stereotypical “good mother” which I find hostile to my sense of self and seek balance in the narrative of my own identity. Somewhere between the sweeping scope of a fairy tale and the intimacy of a diary, my work attempts to recenter myself as the hero of my own story. My work is a love letter to my own resilience and serves as a map to how far I have come both personally and as an artist. My work is inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo, Alice Neel and Louise Bourgeois. I see my imagery as a continuation of their vulnerable, personal expression.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/7784\/6471\/collections\/1000007418.jpg?v=1775257883","url":"https:\/\/belgerarts.org\/collections\/ellen-greene.oembed","provider":"Belger Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}