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from cell to self

I find myself enveloped in red...bright vibrant red, color of birth blood, color of life blood. Surrounding myself with this color, I feel energized. My work, as alive as my body, is my voice bellowing, "I am present in my body. I am vital. I am the color of energy."

 

My work pays homage to the machine that creates it; honoring the skin, the bones, the fat, the muscle, the fascia, the veins, the blood, the cells. How extraordinary that these parts coexist so poetically, so symphonically in this machine of mine. Such a brilliant design.

 

With reverence, I portray the body from the inside out, if only to recognize beauty in its purest form. I beckon you to join me and look down deep into the layers of fat, fascia and muscle tissue. Get small. Small enough to peer directly into the cells. Deep within is the true energy of life — and it is in this small, sacred space where real beauty lies.

 

 

Ellen Hanauer_Of Eve (baby)

Ellen Hanauer_Of Eve (baby)

Clay, encaustics, fiber

Ellen Hanauer_Adam's quest

Ellen Hanauer_Adam's quest

Mixed media with lemon

Ellen Hanauer_Come Together

Ellen Hanauer_Come Together

Mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Alive

Ellen Hanauer_Alive

Fiber, tissue paper

Ellen Hanauer_Hanging Innards

Ellen Hanauer_Hanging Innards

mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Skinned

Ellen Hanauer_Skinned

Mixed media with encaustics

Ellen Hanauer_Ellen Hanauer_Abdominus Rectus

Ellen Hanauer_Ellen Hanauer_Abdominus Rectus

mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Lovers (Hearts)

Ellen Hanauer_Lovers (Hearts)

mixed media and encaustics

Ellen Hanauer_Love Birds

Ellen Hanauer_Love Birds

mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Wings

Ellen Hanauer_Wings

Paper maché

Ellen Hanauer_Porcupine Beaver

Ellen Hanauer_Porcupine Beaver

Mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Udderly

Ellen Hanauer_Udderly

Clay, encaustics, mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Victoria's Secret

Ellen Hanauer_Victoria's Secret

Mixed Media

Ellen Hanauer_Jewels

Ellen Hanauer_Jewels

Mixed Media

Ellen Hanauer_Fatburner

Ellen Hanauer_Fatburner

Mixed media

Ellen Hanauer_Axis Mundi

Ellen Hanauer_Axis Mundi

Clay, encaustics

Ellen Hanauer_Age 43

Ellen Hanauer_Age 43

Polyurethane, feathers, encaustics

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