Description

Artist Ellen Taylor grew up making and creating in the coastal town of Inverloch, her practice now encompasses large scale drawings and plant-based installations.

For 'Field', her solo exhibition at Berninneit, Ellen will use locally sourced, semi-dried flowers, grasses and plant materials. Using the length and height of the gallery, Ellen’s foliage installation will create a serene devotional space. A contemporary work that can be seen as ‘drawing in space’, Field has also grown out of the rich role that flowers often play in ritual and symbolism.

Ellen first began making large floral displays in her artwork after her mother passed away. She reflects on this, saying: 'The harvesting and collection of the plants was a labour of love and act of dedication for me. This story will always be woven into my foliage works, as an everlasting thread and a memorial to her.'

Ellen completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in Sculpture and Spatial Practice, at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2008. In the years following, she has exhibited in various group and solo exhibitions throughout Melbourne and South Gippsland, where she currently works and lives.

Photo: Ellen Taylor