Artwork copyright Ellen Steinfeld. Photo courtesy of the artist.

Green Vase, 2002

Ellen Steinfeld
American (born 1945)

Location: Lister Elementary School, Tacoma

About the Artwork

Green Vase is a mixed media painting by artist Ellen Steinfeld. She created the composition by first applying oil paints onto an acrylic sheet. She then transferred the image onto paper and added more painted layers. The energetic composition suggests movement and interaction among many abstract forms and elements. She notes, "My work is about the environment, how people relate to it and how they are influenced by it."

This artwork was acquired for the State Art Collection in partnership with Tacoma Public Schools.

About the Artist

Ellen Steinfeld creates paintings, sculptures, mixed media and stained glass. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and design from Carnegie Mellon University and a master's degree in education from the University of Pittsburgh. Always evolving as an artist, she is "interested in interweaving shapes and colors with imaginary organic forms, combining spatial relationships and exploring the microscopic."