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J. Ellsberry
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J. Ellsberry
Work
About
Journal
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Work
About
Journal
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Shop

Observation

My work began with looking — being in the landscape, seeing light and color. This is the experience of painting directly from place.

Place and Journey

Interpretation

Gradually, depiction gave way to memory, material and a less literal response to the subject.

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Finding Place

The newer work is less about describing the landscape and more about exploring what it means to find our place within it.

Selected Work

Suddenly Summer
30 x 16 in.
Oil / mixed media

Ocean No. 3
24 x 24 in.
Oil on canvas

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Journal

Finding My Place in the Landscape

For many years, landscape painting meant looking carefully and responding to what was in front of me. Gradually, the questions changed. I became less interested in depicting a landscape and more interested in understanding my relationship to it.

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© Jim Ellsberry 2026

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