Ellen Langford
Mississippi artist Ellen Langford is driven to communicate with layers of color and texture until each image becomes its own and she can move on. Several paintings at a time are always in progress, and she moves back and forth as each piece develops at its own pace. She paints a playful, and often joyful, outlook on life. She has always painted and as it has become her primary work, it has become her way of storytelling.
After years away, studying and making art, it was in returning to Mississippi that her work has found its rhythm and become highly narrative as she tries to make sense of the race, class, religious, cultural, mixed up gumbo of Mississippi.
After years away, studying and making art, it was in returning to Mississippi that her work has found its rhythm and become highly narrative as she tries to make sense of the race, class, religious, cultural, mixed up gumbo of Mississippi.
