"ART REIMAGINES REALITY"  - Ellen Fisch

Visual arts, such as painting, drawing and photography, frequently seek to create three dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface. This aspect of the art gives the paper, canvas or other surface depth, eye-appeal and life. Attempts at three-dimensionality in drawing and painting are exhibited as far back as the stone-age. During prehistoric times, cave paintings illustrate the artists’ desires to recreate some spatial relationships by drawing animals and other subjects with

January 16, 2026 As seen below, the images of Wassily Kandinsky’s black and white line composition and my sepia photograph may, at first glance, seem completely disparate, but let me explain what I learned from the great Kandinsky: Line is a critical component of any visual art. Line in dance; line staging in theater; line in painting or photography, line is critical among many other visuals, too. Kandinsky was a genius with line. The lines in Kandinsky’s art create movement

In earlier blogs, I mentioned that my photography and painting are influenced by many great artists. There are numerous aesthetic principles that I gleaned from studying the works of the masters and applying their ideas to my own images. I did not begin to form my references in any particular order nor did I look for information pertaining to concepts that would benefit my own visuals in an especially “thought-out” manner. Knowledge from artists whom I studied in books and la

Art has always been part of how I see my world. From a young age, I visualized what I saw as form, line, color, light and shadow, and the other principles of art. I still use the lens of art to see everythingaround me. As a child, I learned lessons from numerous sources to create my visual world. The traditional techniques that many artists used to depict their subjects were much in evidence during my formative days. My Father subscribed to The Saturday Evening Post  and its

During my professional life as a photographer and painter, I have been fortunate to be the recipient of numerous opportunities. For the...

In the next few months, I will be exhibiting both my limited edition photography still lifes and watercolor prints in various venues....

Today, taking a photograph is as natural as walking down street. If you have a phone, a tablet or any device, just point and shoot! ...

Art has always been my compass and my passion. Art has also been and continues to be my means of communication: an expression of that...

Recently I was pleased and honored to participate in a group photography exhibition at Jadite Galleries in NYC. In all, there were six...

There are some concepts that resonate with the very soul of an artist. They are often gleaned from studying the masters and/or their...

Colors have allure and vibrancy. Colors dance off the photograph as they create the dynamic tensions or dreamy flow within selected...

It is the passion of every artist to create. Many artists also exist to realize their creations. For others it is the journey. ...

Recently I posted The Flame Tree, a photograph I created a decade ago. The mainly sepia landscape with an autumn blaze of colored leaves...

Abstracting is taking a form and focusing on one part of that form to emphasize it or create a new form out of that aspect of the...

Funny how life is. Sometimes, after a long journey I arrive back at the beginning. Greenwich Village in the late 60s and 70s was a Mecca...

A Photography or Art Portfolio is essentially a statement of your work. The Portfolio represents who you are: the nature of your...

Working in the monochromatic photographic medium of black and white or sepia can be challenging at times. In color photography, the...

The very beautiful lyrics by the genius poet Leonard Cohen in his song "Suzanne" had a profound effect on my visualizations of subjects. ...

Sepia photography has an ephemeral permanence much like watercolor but different. All in all, that is two oxymorons in one thought;...

As I always maintained, my passion for photography, architecture, art is all about the light. By nature the flip side, the rich, deep...

From a personal perspective, I always thought that a passion is something to be shared rather than kept to one's self. When my children...

I have always approached an art work I am about to create as a puzzle: one which I unlock to get the desired effects. Michelangelo...

The medium of photography readily lends itself to making choices. Especially in the "digital age" of photography and with a multitude of...

Photography is a unique aesthetic medium in that it can be a premeditated and studied technique or a spontaneous art form. Using the...