Ellen Williams / Adrift

Ellen Williams / AdriftEllen Mae Williams (b. 1995) is a mixed media artist based in the UK, working with natural dye, inks and pigment. Her works evolve intuitively, using the materials to guide the painting process through layering, movement and expressive mark making. Ellens practice focuses on her innate connection to the natural world, a thread woven into her narrative since the beginning, passed down from generation to generation. Taking inspiration from the

and so forth

encouraging contemplation of stability and the subtle elegance of the natural world

What started out as an effort to enhance brain plasticity

layering fluid paint with delicate embroidery to express herself

emotion is not merely expressed but transfigured

The surface is decorated with clay slips and glaze

Through the Night combines a metallic

“Somewhere to Go” speaks to movement and growth

We can almost smell Suz's garden

as she adopts a mixed media approach through the use of watercolour

This mini series

and her years of experience as a graphic designer