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Ruth Ellen Hoag

My Words to You
Acrylic
26.5x27.5x1.5
2019
$2,500.00

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Artist Statement
My art is based on the figurative genre. Ordinary, everyday people being central to my work, each painting offers an opportunity to discover a new insight into how we act, react, do, think, worry, enjoy, or ponder. Towards this objective, I love working in paint, (various acrylics, watercolor, ink) and by drawing and inscribing into the paint with graphite and mark-making tools, sometimes adding shimmer and shine here and there, these add to the expressive quality. I generally don’t work for accuracy, though some paintings turn out with more attention to “correctness” than others. In aiming for the communicative and emotional qualities, degrees of abstraction come into play. There’s no formula, only desire and some routine.

Artist Bio
Ruth Ellen Hoag, a nationally acclaimed painter, has won various awards over the years, including the 2019 Hugh Petersen Award for Art in Public Places, by Santa Barbara Beautiful for her murals, East of Yesterday, located at 10 E. Yanonali St. Her unique style is known for vibrant saturated colors and figurative themes. Ruth is owner and resident artist of GraySpace Gallery, 219 Gray Ave., where she works and teaches weekly classes. She is a founding member of Santa Barbara Studio Artists, and is represented by Kathryn Designs in Montecito.