Ellen Holtzblatt

The Wind Passes Over It and It Is Gone
oil on linen mounted on panel
40 x 60 in. (diptych)

My paintings explore the connections between the physical and the spiritual – memories of the body that reside in the soul. Landscape becomes an allegory for psyche and emotion. I think about place and how my surroundings impact my feelings and thoughts. I have lived in cities most of my life, but my soul is most stirred in lands that seem beyond the control of humans.