About

Ellen Gaube received a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in painting and a minor in Art History from Lyme Academy College of Fine Art in 2007.

Gaube exhibits regularly in national and international shows and has received several awards for her drawings.

Her feelings about her work can be summed up:

“My love of all things nature began in childhood and is the focus of most of my work. Curves always capture my attention with the excitement of drawing the complex organic shapes found in branches, vines, stems and leaves. Most interesting is the beautiful coexistence of order and chaos found in subjects at the end of their life cycle, an aesthetic I strive to capture in my drawings of twigs and branches.

Although graphite drawings are my concentration, I am also a student of watercolor, egg tempera and photography. Digital photography has afforded me a vast canvas for experimentation in abstraction of color and form. The images are all nature derivatives which still adhere to my love of organic shapes and repetitive patterns.

Her current body of graphite work is a continuation of the Bittersweet series and concerns itself with the narrative use of graphite, graphite powder and gold leaf in the supportive use of realism and abstraction.

Gaube’s graphite drawing Hygeia was included in American Artist Drawing Magazine Spring 2011 edition. Notably, her drawing entitled Eros was exhibited in the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 14th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, September 27 to December 19, 2013 and is now in their permanent collection.

In her pursuit of digital photography manipulation the artist has successfully exhibited in various national and international exhibitions, online galleries and print publications.

Her work is in corporate and private collections.

She is a member of American Society of Botanical Artists, Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, Connecticut Women Artists, Inc, Essex Art Association, Gallery One and New England Society of Botanical Artists.

Please visit my fine art website http://www.ellengaube.com

2007

BFA Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Minor Art History

2018

The Artists of Gallery One at The Lyman Center, New Haven, CT

Essex Art Association, “Odd Perspective,” Essex, CT

Essex Art Association, “Verb,” Essex, CT

Essex Art Association at Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex, CT

The Leo House Gallery, New York, NY

New England Society of Botanical Artists, Newport Flower Show, Newport, RI

Connecticut Academy of Fine Art 107th Exhibition, Mystic, CT

The Artists of Gallery One and Friends at Guilford Art Center Mill Gallery, Guilford, CT

Essex Art Association, “Journeys,” Essex, CT

Six Summit Gallery Salon Show, Ivoryton, CT

Connecticut Women Artists, Inc, Members Juried Show

2017

The Artists of Gallery One, "Revive, Reset, Respond," at the Marquee Gallery, New London, CT

Essex Art Association Exit Gallery Solo: "Scars, Wounds and Other Insults," Essex, CT

New Haven Paint and Clay Club 116th Juried Exhibition, Vernon, CT

Essex Art Association “Wild and Crazy,” Open Exhibition, Essex, CT

Connecticut Academy of Fine Art 106th Exhibition, Mystic, CT

Artbox.Projects: Basel 1.0, Basel, Switzerland

Essex Art Association “Whatever You Want,” Award for Overall Excellence for Steel Vines 1, Essex, CT

“The Artists of Gallery One and Friends” at Guilford Art Center Mill Gallery, Guilford  “Unintended Conversations: The Artists of Gallery One, “ River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT 

2016    

Elle Design Studio with The Artists of Gallery One, Chester, CT

Zahn Community Gallery - The Artists of Gallery One, Westbrook, CT

Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Art Association Members Exhibit, Essex, CT

Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Art Association Members Exhibit, Essex, CT

Essex Art Association “Inside Out,” Award for Overall Excellence for Hygeia, Essex, CT

Essex Art Association “Where I Live,” Essex, CT

Essex Art Association “Story Lines,” Essex, CT

Essex Art Association “Lost and Found,” Exit Gallery Award for Nike/Medusa, Essex, CT

2015   

Connecticut Women Artists, Inc, Members Juried Show     

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT

2014  

New England Society of Botanical Artists, “Mountains to the Sea,” , Bartlett Arboretum, Stamford, CT  

70th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Converse Gallery, Norwich, CT

Silver Circle Gallery Collective Exhibit, Putnam, CT

Connecticut Women Artists, Inc, Members Juried Show 

2013   

Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, 13th Annual Exhibition of Botanical Art and Illustration, Pittsburgh, PA

Six Summit Gallery, “Reality and Metaphor", Ivoryton, CT

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT

Six Summit Gallery, “In the Pink,” Ivoryton, CT

Connecticut Women Artists Inc., Member's Exhibit

2012   

The Brush Gallery and Studios, New England Society of Botanical Artists, "A Brush with Nature," Lowell, MA

Silver Circle Gallery, "The Exquisite Corpse: A Breast Cancer Benefit," Putnam, CT

Connecticut Women Artists Inc., 83rd Annual Open Juried Show

The 101st Exhibition for Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, Mystic, CT

Viridian Artists 2nd Annual National and International Photography Exhibition, New York, NY 

Eli Lilly and Company, "Oncology on Canvas"

2011   

Silver Circle Gallery, 3rd Annual Women's Exhibit, Putnam, CT

Connecticut Women Artists Inc, 82nd Annual Open Juried Show

The 100th Exhibition for Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, Mystic, CT

Connecticut Women Artists Inc, Invitational Exhibition

28th Juried Open Exhibition,Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX

"Birds, Bugs and Botanicals: Natural History Paintings, Drawings and Prints by Four Connecticut Members of the ASBA," Manchester, CT

Silver Circle Gallery, "Flora and Fauna," Putnam, CT

2010   

Ridgefield Art Guild 33rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Ridgefield, CT

Pleiades Gallery 28th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT

New Haven Paint & Clay Club 109th Annual Juried Art Exhibition, New Haven, CT

Connecticut Women Artists, Inc 81st Annual Open Juried Exhibition

2009   

Connecticut Women Artists, Inc. 80th Annual Open Juried Exhibition

Wellesley College Botanical Guild Invitational, New England Society of Botanical Artists, Wellesley, MA

Nature Observed: The Work of Four Connecticut Botanical Artists

New England Society of Botanical Artists Members Exhibit, "Heroes and Villains"

Drawing From Perception VI and Ruth Miller: Paintings and Works on Paper, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

2008   

Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts Alumni Exhibit, Old Lyme, CT

Pleiades Gallery 26th Annual Juried Exhibition, New York, NY  

Viridian Artists 19th National and International Exhibition, New York, NY

Silvermine Art Guild 59th Annual Art of the Northeast, New Canaan, CT

Connecticut Women Artists Inc. 79th Annual Open Juried Exhibition 

65th Annual Connecticut Artists Exhibition, Slater Museum, Norwich, CT