Nature Studies

Nature Studies is a quieter body of work rooted in observation, natural forms, and close attention.

Where The Daubers moves toward chamber, sculpture, and unease,Nature Studies remains closer to the visible world: branches, seed pods, roots, leaves, nests, weathered surfaces, seasonal fragments, and small natural architectures. These works are not decorative studies of nature. They are studies of attention.

The series offers a more accessible door into the same concerns that shape Ellinwood's sculptural work: transformation, overlooked forms, hidden structure, memory, labor, and the complicated histories behind beautiful things.

Media: drawing, painting, mixed-media relief, botanical studies, small sculptural studies, and works on paper.