"ART REIMAGINES REALITY"  - Ellen Fisch

When I was in my early 30s, good fortune came my way in the form of a brilliant painter, who was kind enough to mentor me: Murray Miller. He took me under his wing and gave me the education I had been seeking since I was a child. Early on during my childhood, I was about 4 or 5-years-old, two major influences put me on my journey towards art. I saw Walt Disney’s Fantasia and the Disney illustrated Golden Book, Grandpa Bunny. Both the film and the little book brought dreams

Drawing From Art: Photography LIGHT & DARK The word photography comes from the Greek: photo= light & graphy= drawing: drawing with light. Light is the key element in any visual work of art. How the creator uses light directs the viewer’s attention to specific areas of the composition. Light determines form, line and the movement of the eye around the composition. Darks emphasize the light and may create a specific dynamic in the work. When discussing the use of light

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