Elaine Wells
Elaine received her early art education as a student at Cass Technical High School in Detroit then attended Wayne State University majoring in interior design before acquiring her art degree in painting and art history from Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.
Elaine has shown her work in several galleries throughout southern lower Michigan and south Florida where she lived for several years. Elaine also worked as an interior designer for an Ethan Allen Gallery in West Michigan and has continued working as a consultant to this day.
Elaine specializes in painting on unprimed canvas which gives her work its unique look, and this method of acrylic painting on unprimed canvas allowed her to create her own wearable art business.
Elaine continues to share her love of art by teaching fine art classes and giving art history presentations.
About Me
Artwork
Rethinking Reefs
Mermaid On Silk
Artist Statement
My work in this very important “Be a Water Hero” exhibit is a multi-media fiber piece designed to deliver a visual message to you, the observer. That message is to show the importance of caring for our lakes and seas around the world.
I chose to accomplish this by showing coral reefs that are healthy, but beginning to show the stress of climate change on plant life. The white coloration on the plants in the reefs represents deteriorating plant life that has lost color, which is called bleaching. Climate change causes the coral to bleach and wither, causing less nutritious food for the one million aquatic species living and depending on this food source in our seas presently.
I also chose to demonstrate the effects pollutants have on fish as they approach coral reefs for sustenance. Pollutants such as oil spills and plastic matter of all kinds endanger fish and food risking the lives of all living organisms.
My piece is acrylic paint on unprimed canvas, plastic mesh, and fiber.
