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Ellen Worthy Stokes: Art from Within My goal is to communicate the individuality of each subject by capturing the spirit within, whether it is my spirit looking in or my subject's spirit looking out." -- Ellen Worthy Stokes, February 2005 
Versatility ... Ellen Worthy Stokes commissioned art redefines the term. No idea, no approach, no concept is above or below her consideration.Be it oil, acrylic, watercolor, glitter, pastels or drawing media; and whether she is using such paint-worthy surfaces as paper, canvas, doors or wood panels, Ellens aesthetic complexity is matched only by her energy level. The artist maintains a private working studio on William Street in Fredericksburg, Virginia, a charming artists colony distinguished as One of Americas Top 100 Small Art Communities. Confident, and capable of mastering even the most intimidating of large canvases -- the mural, Ellen welcomes a blank wall as an opportunity to create. A two-story interior wall is her greatest conquest to date. Working with interior designers, as well as with patrons who commission her for unique spaces and individual desires (be they home or office environments), Ellen creates intensely personal and evocative art as varied in her choice of medium as in her repertoire of surfaces. Always learning through her work, Ellen gleans ideas from the requests of her clients, whose artistic wishes shape her vision and thus, the direction of her work. The eclectic nature of our nations fruited plain has influenced the focus of her art from every geographic point she has called home. Be it Georgia, Colorado, Montana or, currently, Virginia, every place Ellen Worthy-Stokes has called home has presented the artist with boundless opportunities as well as natural limitations, a dichotomy that has seeded her distinct artistic evolution. Her road to becoming a commissioned artist has been a long journey of communication, creative exploration and skill development. Isolation is not an option when a patron has a say, and Ellen, as the artist for hire, seeks to fill the void that exists naturally between artist and patron. Through her communicative and artistic services, Ellen Worthy-Stokes presents each patron with an opening by which he or she can proudly possess a custom designed and executed original fine art for his or her specific needs. What once was limited to few is now available to many.  "I strive to raise the professional bar with every new commission. I am committed to creating and producing art at the highest skill level my skills allow. My patron may determine the subject and scale of a project but I have control over the integrity of its execution, composition, and presentation." For Ellen Worthy-Stokes, the challenges of her commissions provide opportunities for invaluable technical growth, and guide her creative and skill development: "Producing commissioned art for others is like participating in an ongoing professional workshop where the learning curve is crucial and continuous, as each experience builds previous ones." National Recognition Ellen Worthy-Stokes has shown her works in such Juried national exhibitions as: -Chicago's Woman Made Gallery -The St. Louis (Missouri) Artist Guild -The Fine Arts Exhibition of the Decatur (GA) Arts Festival at the Dalton Gallery -Agnes Scott College -The Fredericksburg (Virginia) Center for the Creative Arts Ellen Worthy-Stokes, a native of Georgia, has undergraduate and graduate art degrees from the University of Georgia. She is a member of the Portrait Society of America. View Ellen's resume. |