Ethel Vrana

Hometown: Ithaca

Based in: Ithaca, NY

I was sure of what I wanted to spend my life doing since I was fourteen. I was always drawing and painting as a child and when I was fourteen my mother gave me a birthday present of a complete oil painting set. From then on all I wanted to do was paint. Eventually I studied art and design at the University of Rochester in Rochester, NY. and went on to teach art at Trumansburg Central School in Trumansburg, New York I live in Ithaca, NY which is situated in the Finger Lakes region and is noted for its beautiful scenery. In the beginning I painted these landscapes in an impressionistic mode. As I developed my own style my work became more and more abstract and I became interested in working with shapes. I am intrigued by the endless compositional structures and evocative arrangements of shapes that my creative imagination can produce.

Ethel Vrana In The Studio

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Question Icon What inspires you?

I become intereI become interested sted in a certain topic for example Botanicals. I do experimental shetches on canvas and then proceed to paint.

Question Icon Describe your creative process.

I start out by applying paint to the canvas somtimes in a color I like or a shape or a drawing. From there on each color or shape I apply leads to another and eventually the paintings takes on a life of it's own. My paintings are not premeditated and are often goverened my chance. As the painting progresses the result may be totally abstract ot recognizable shapes might emerge.ition takes on a life of its own.

Question Icon What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Spontaneous, abstract, coorful

Question Icon Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

Gerhard Richter, Cezanne, Rocio Rodriquez

Question Icon What is the most important tool when creating your work?

color charts

Question Icon What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Have self confidence

Question Icon Where do you go for inspiration?

Imagination

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Credentials

Education

University of Rochester, Rochester NY, USA

United States of America, 1989

Awards

None

2023

Exhibitions

More You Look, The More You See

United States of America, 2022

Emergence

United States of America, 2021

Gang of Nine

United States of America, 2020

Form anf Feeling

United States of America, 2019

The Duality Exhibit

United States of America, 2018

Color and Space

United States of America, 2018

Shapes and Symbols

United States of America, 2017

State of the Art Gallery, Member Show

United States of America, 2017

Then and Now

United States of America, 2017

Shapes and Symbols

United States of America, 2017

Lyric Visions

United States of America, 2016

Group Show, CSMA Gallery

United States of America, 2015

New Art

United States of America, 2015

Group Show, George Waters Gallery

United States of America, 2014

Microcosm

United States of America, 2013

Abstract from Nature

United States of America, 2010

Cedar Arts Gallery group show

United States of America, 2009

Group Show, Conservatory of Fine Art

United States of America, 2009

Light in Winter

United States of America, 2008

Florence International Biennale

Italy, 2007

Group Show, Upstairs Gallery

United States of America, 2006

Upstairs Gallery Print Show

United States of America, 2005

Upstairs Gallery Group Show

United States of America, 2004

Upstairs Gallery, Artists of Ithaca

United States of America, 2003

Wessex Bristol Gallery Show

United States of America, 2002