ELLEN GLASGOW BIO
EDUCATION:
Murray State University, Murray, KY
College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
Bishop Museum (Hawaii)
Painting Workshops (Italy/Greece/France)
Discover Graphics, Art League School, Alexandria, VA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Contemporary Portraits of the Ohio River, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY Invitational Group Exhibition
2017 Kentucky Landscapes, B.Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
A Gift of Nature, Owensboro (KY) Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Solo Exhibition
EN-SEM-BLE – A Layering of Color, M.S. Rezny Gallery, Lexington, KY. 4-Person Exhibition
2016 Connections-Land/Water, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
Kentucky Printmakers, Kentucky Artisen’s Center, Berea, KY
2015 Constructions, chine colle/ monoprints, Tribeca Gallery, Paducah, KY
35th Anniversary Exhibitions, Discover Graphics, Alexandria, VA
2014 New Paintings by Ellen Glasgow, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Summer Solstice 2014, Wastelanders, guest artist, Paducah, KY
20 Years of Collaboration, Martha/Merrit DeJong Foundation, Artists-in-Residence, Evansville Museum of Art, Evansville, IN
Shaped by Water, Gallery on Main, Community Trust Bank, Richmond, KY
30 Years-30 Artists, Discover Graphics Anniversary, Art Space/Herndon, VA
2013 Inland Passage Exhibit, oil paintings and monotypes, Lemon Grove Library, San Diego County Library, Lemon Grove, CA. One-Person Exhibit and Art Talk
30th Anniversary Exhibit/Discover Graphics Atelier, Alexandria, VA
2012 Grand Mesa, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
New Paintings by Ellen Glasgow,Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
2011 RiverCountry 2011, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY. Purchase Award
Ellen Glasgow: Departures, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Moving West, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
2010 Point of View, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Solo Exhibition
Gridwork, New Editions Gallery, Lexington, KY. Invitational
2009 Paintings by Ellen Glasgow, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Paintings by Ellen Glasgow, The Grand Theatre Art Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts’ Member Artist Exhibition, Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts, Louisville, KY
Paintings, New Edition Gallery, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
2008 Reflections, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
New Directions- Monotypes, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Featured Artist, Begley Art Source Premier Exhibition, Evansville, KY
2007 Summer Passage, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Ellen Glasgow/New Directions, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Reflected Nature, Janice Mason Art Museum, Cadiz, KY. Solo Exhibition
A Sense of Place, The Fire House Gallery, Louisville, GA. Solo Exhibition
Holiday Exhibit- Monotypes, Elk Creek Winery, Owenton, KY
Featured Artist, Before the Storm, Kentucky Artisan Center, Berea, KY
2006 Works by Artists: Celebrating 25 Years, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY
Interlude, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Solo Exhibition
2005 Ever-changing Landscape, Kentucky Museum of Art & Craft, Louisville, KY. Invitational
Sea to Shining Sea: Reflections of America, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Invitational
Forces of Nature: Artistic Expressions, Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY. Invitational
2004 Wanderlust, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
Monoprints, American Founders Bank, Frankfort, KY
2003 Monoprints, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Landscapes, Smith-Berry Winery, New Castle, KY
2002 Celebration, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
2001 New Paintings, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Kentucky Women Artists, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY (Catalog)
The Millennium Painter, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY (Catalog)
Celebrating Twenty Years: Ten Color Monoprints, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
2000 Old Countries, New Paintings, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
1998 Bourdeilles, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
New Paintings, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
1997 Upriver/Downriver, Martha & Merritt DeJong Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN. Solo Exhibition
Kentucky River Paintings, Labrot & Graham Distillery, Versailles, KY
New Paintings, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
1996 The River Artists, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Group Exhibition
Remembered Images, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Uno (Only One); Ellen Glasgow & Willem De Looper- Monotypes, Atrium Gallery,
St. Louis, MO
1995 New Works, B. Deemer Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
Landscapes, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
Viva Italia, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Group Exhibition
1994/95 Natural Vistas, The Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY. Solo Exhibition
1994 Landscape Paintings, The Albrecht–Kemper Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO. Solo Exhibition
1995 The Landscape, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. Solo Exhibition
1996 Small Works, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
My Kentucky, Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY. Solo Exhibition
1993 Changing Landscapes, Painting Exhibition, Murray State University, Murray, KY
1992 Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, KY. (Bristol-Myers Squibb, Purchase Award)
On Site, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. Solo Exhibition
Big Sky, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Solo Exhibition
The Landscape, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC. Solo Exhibition
Owensboro National Bank & The Arts IV, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY
1991 The Landscape/ Ellen Glasgow, Asbury College, Wilmore, KY. Solo Exhibition
Fifth Anniversary Invitational, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
A Kentucky Christmas Invitational, Owensboro Museum of Fine Arts, Owensboro, KY
Kentucky Art, Hilliard-Lyons Center/J. B. Speed Museum, Louisville, KY
Nature-Three Approaches, Bardstown Art Gallery, Bardstown, KY
The Color is Red, Headley-Whitney Museum, Lexington, KY. Invitational
1990 Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences, Evansville, IN. Juried
In The Wet, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. One-Person Exhibition
Ellen Glasgow/ Landscape, Alumni Artist, Murray State University, Murray, KY. One-Person Exhibition
Kentucky to Ecuador, Museum of Modern Art, Cuenca, Kingman Foundation Gallery, Quito, Ecuador & Frankfort, KY. Invitational, traveled
Two Person Exhibit, Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, KY
Works on Paper, Elizabethtown Community College, Elizabethtown, KY. Invitational
Seven Painters/ Five States, Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences, Evansville, IN. Invitational
1989 One-Person Exhibit, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO
The Summer Paintings, Capital Gallery, Frankfort, KY. One-Person Exhibition
Color-Invitational, Liberty Gallery, Louisville, KY
Drawn To The Earth, Atrium Gallery, St. Louis, MO. Group Exhibit
1988 The Experienced Eye, Owensboro Museum, Owensboro, KY. catalog
Mid-America Biennial, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY. Jack C. Fisher Award for City Permanent Collection
Kentucky Places, Kentucky State Capital Capitol, Frankfort, KY
1987 One-Person Exhibition, Gallery Four, Alexandria, VA
The Kentuckians: 1987 Invitational, Owensboro, KY
Museum of Art and National Arts Club, NYC. catalog
Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN. Juried
Landscape I, Triangle Gallery, Lexington, KY
1986 One-Person Exhibition, Gallery 600, Paducah, KY
One-Person Exhibition, Gallery Four, Alexandria, VA
Made in Frankfort: Invitational, Kentucky State University, KY
A Capitol Collection, Old Capitol Historical Museum, Frankfort, KY. catalog
1985 10 Year Retrospective, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC. Solo Exhibition
Alumni Artist, Curris Center Gallery, Murray State University, KY. Solo Exhibition
3-Person Exhibit, Swearingen Gallery, Louisville, KY
1984 Kentucky Artist Invitational, James Hunt Barker Gallery, New York, NY
One-Person Exhibition, Gallery Four, Alexandria, VA
Kentucky Revisited: 1984, Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort, KY
Kentucky Painters In The Southern Tradition, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY. catalog
1983 One-Person Exhibition, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC
Kentucky Artists/ Kentucky Landscapes, Kentucky State Capitol, Frankfort, KY
Group Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS cont:
1982 Paintings of Italy, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Landscapes, Figures, & Still Life, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington, DC
Group Exhibition, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Feature Painter/ Invitational, Rochester Community College, Rochester, MN
1981 Invitational Painting Exhibition, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, OK
SELECTED AWARDS:
2011 RiverCountry 2011, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY. Purchase Award
1997 Martha & Merritt DeJong Artist-in-Residence, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville,IN. Exhibition, slide-show, gallery talk
1992 Realism Today, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN. Bristol-Meyers Squibb Purchase Award
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS:
2014 20 Years of Collaboration/Artists in Residence: The Martha/Merrit DeYong Foundation, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN. catalog
2011 RiverCountry 2011 Awards Announced, News Release by Mary Bryan Hood, Director, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. December 9- Purchase Award
2009 Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft Newsletter, Louisville, KY. January
2008 Sophisticated Living, Prospect, KY. image- pg. 28
The State Journal, Frankfort, KY. January 18, pg. C6
Glasgow, Stone, Offer Contrasting Views of Nature at Atrium, by Dickson Beall, West End World, St. Louis, MO. March 5-11
2007 Into Plein Air: Artist Ellen Glasgow Paints on Location, News from The Firehouse Gallery. September, pg. 3
2006 “Gallery Turns 25”, by Hillary Canada, The State Journal, Frankfort, KY. March 27, Sect. B
“Country in the City”, by Teresa Callahan, West End World, St. Louis, MO. March, pg. 16
New Kid on Block Joins McPherson Gallery Walk Series, by Hugh Beall, West End World, St. Louis, MO. Feb. 22-28
2004 Frankfort’s Ellen Glasgow by Jo Anne Triplett, Kentucky Homes and Gardens Magazine, September/October, pgs 58-65
2003 The Art of Experiment by Philip Case, The State Journal, Frankfort, KY
2001 Arts Across Kentucky, John and Elizabeth Oakes, October Issue
Discoveries Show You Can Find Art Everywhere, review by Diane Heilenman, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY. February 11
Kentucky Women Artists, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Catalog
The Millennium Painter, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Catalog
Artists’ Progress is Show’s Draw by David Minton, Lexington Herald-Leader, Lexington, KY. July 29, review
Feature-A World of Color, by Philip Case, The State Journal, Frankfort, KY
2000 Review by Brian Smith, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Realism Today, by Ivy Shroeder, The Riverfront Times, August 8-15
A Capital Idea: Visit Italy, by David Minton, Lexington-Herald Leader, Lexington, KY. July 30, review
Ellen Glasgow: Old Countries-New Paintings, by Brian Smith, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO. February 20
1997 Taking the Plunge in Visual Creativity, Review by Jeff Daniels/Debra Parr, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO.February 15.
Feature by Patricia Swanson, Evansville, IN
Feature by Victoria Gritton, LEO, Louisville, KY
1996 New Horizons, Review by Jeff Daniel, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO. August 1
1995 Landscapes: Simple, Basic and Vital, Review by Debra Riley Parr, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO. January 12
1993 Liberty Gallery, review by Diane Heilenman, The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY. May 8, I-4
Review by Mike Holdren, Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY
Artist’s Landscapes Burn with Color by Todd Foltz, St. Louis, Missouri, News-Press, September 16
1992 Review by Nancy Rice, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
1991 Feature, Community Section by David Minton, Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY
1989 Review by David Minton, Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY
The Summer Paintings, feature by Phil Case, Frankfort State Journal, Frankfort, KY
1988 Review by Diane Heilenman, Louisville Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY
The Experienced Eye (catalog), and Mid-America Biennial (catalog), Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
1987 Review, David Minton, Lexington Herald Leader, Lexington, KY
The Experienced Eye, (catalog) and Mid-America Biennial (catalog), Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY
The Kentuckians, Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, KY. Catalog
Review by Nancy Rice, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
1986 Art in Frankfort: A Capitol Collection, Arthur Jones, University of Kentucky art historian, Kentucky Historical Society. Catalog
1985 American Artist Magazine, “Ellen Glasgow” by Betsy Goldman. May Issue
Kentucky Painters in the Southern Tradition, by Gerry Samples, J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY. Catalog
1984 Mainstreet Magazine, feature by Scott Robinson, Frankfort State Journal, KY
Review, Washington Post, Washington, D.C. January
Kentucky Painters In The Southern Tradition, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY. Catalog
1978 Review, by Mary King, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
Review, by Anne Edwards, Fairfax Journal-Review, VA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN, Owensboro Museum of Art, Owensboro, KY,
Owensboro Kentucky Municipal Collection, U.S. State Department, Beijing, China,
Federal Reserve Bank, St. Louis, MO, Kentucky Housing Corporation, Frankfort, KY,
SW Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, Helen Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY,
Kentucky Workers Compensation, Frankfort, KY, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC, University of Louisville Pediatric Center, Louisville, KY, Chandler Medical Center, University of KY.
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Adams-Mark Hotels, Dallas, TX, Jacksonville, FL & Albany, NY
American General Finance, Evansville, IN
American Tobacco Company, Richmond, VA
Armstrong, Teasdale, Schlafly, Davis & Discus, St. Louis, MO
Asti Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Audio Corporation, Louisville, KY
Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Louisville, KY
Borg-Warner Corporation, Hyattsville, MD
Bristol-Meyers Squibb, Evansville, IN
Brown-Forman Corporation, Louisville, KY
Capitol Holding Corporation, Louisville, KY
Capitol Plaza-Holiday Inn, Frankfort, KY
Central Bank, Lexington, KY
Citizens National Bank, Evansville, IN
Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN
Credithrift Financial Corporation International Hdqrs., Evansville, IN
Dollar General Stores Corporate Headquarters, Nashville, TN
Ernst and Whitney, Louisville, KY
Farmers Bank and Trust, Frankfort, KY
First Missouri Bank, St. Louis, MO
First National Bank, Columbia, MO
First National Bank Corporate Office, Louisville, KY
Frankfort Country Club, Frankfort, KY
Govan and Govan, Washington, DC
Hilliard-Lyons, Inc., Louisville, KY
IBEW Collection, Washington, DC
IBM Corporation, Washington, DC
Lakeshore Bank, Oklahoma City, OK
Louisville Gas & Electric Co., Louisville, KY
Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, KY
Maritz Corporation, St. Louis, MO
Mark Twain Bancshares, St. Louis, Mo
Murray, Scheer, Inc., Washington, DC
Mutual Home Savings & Loan, Decatur, IL
National Milk Producers Association, Washington, DC
Northern Colorado Kidney Center, Fort Collins, CO
Northwestern National Bank, Rochester, MN
Peat, Marwick and Mitchell, Tulsa, OK
Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Tupelo, MS
Philip Morris, USA, Richmond, VA
Plangraphics, Frankfort, KY
Retina and Vitreous Consultants, Inc., Clayton, MO
Thompson, Miller and Simpson, Louisville, KY
USAA, San Antonio, TX
USAA, Orange County, CA
Virginia Power Corporation, Richmond, VA
Welburn Hospital, Evansville, IN
West Coast Reduction, Vancouver, BC, Canada
ARTIST STATEMENT
My life as an artist and military wife has involved a great deal of travel. Painting on location has been a constant source of inspiration and stimulation while becoming familiar with each new locale. The lifestyle has been a great advantage for a landscape painter.
My work has been described as “luminist”, “fauvist”, “impressionist”, “colorist”, “minimalist”, and even “abstract”. I don’t mind any of these descriptions, but I don’t really think of my paintings in that way.
It really is just NATURE that interests me. I like vistas, strong horizontal lines broken by groups of trees or distant islands…coastal North Carolina and the Outer Banks. Edges where sky meets horizon and the mysterious habitat of the fence row and the open spaces of Northern Indiana with clouds or islands “floating”” on the horizon continue to enthrall my eye.
And reflections. Reflections in the water have been a mesmerizing subject for quite a long time. Moving back to Kentucky and living on a boat on the Kentucky River gave me an opportunity to really look at and contemplate the color and light at all times and season—as well as the aspect of the ridges sloping down to meet the water. The geometric shapes and simplified forms repeated in the mirror of still water—changes in texture, color and distortion of shapes—is ever fascinating.
In recent years I have noticed an intensification of color—my paintings have become brighter, more saturated with intense, pure color, odd combinations, totally intuitive choices. I am not sure why.
In November 1994, surgery enforced a seven-month sabbatical from painting. During the months of therapy I looked at my paintings a lot wondering what would happen after so long a respite from the daily activity of making marks on surfaces.
The first watercolor studies seemed timid and pale—quite a bit the way I felt as I exercised to rebuild strength in my hand and arm. Then, during a week of intense work in a monotype seminar, saturated color seemed to burst forth in rather abstract landscape compositions. Instead of the usual location painting of specific places, which has been my greatest source of stimulation, I began to use “remembered” images of Kentucky River—things with which I was most familiar. Returning to the painting studio, these same images were transferred onto canvases, eliminating most detail, relying on intense color combinations to carry these simplified compositions. The paintings have become meditations rather than records of the world as it is and the monotype has become a new adventure and means of exploration of the landscape.
