Ellen Gray Hutchinson [NRA 2025]

First name: Ellen ;
Middle name: Gray ;
Last name: Hutchinson ;

Member: Non-Resident Artist Member ; 
Begin: 2025 ;
End: n/a ;

Biography:

Ellen Hutchinson is a painter residing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was born in Queens, New  York and received a BFA from the School of Visual Arts. Having worked in a New York  advertising agency prior to attending SVA, her plan was to explore the freedom of expression  found in painting. During that time, Ellen was studio assistant and secretary to Janet Fish. Upon  graduation, she received a scholarship to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture  in Maine. Two years later, she returned as Dean of Students, along with her husband, artist Dean  Hartung. Back in New York, she and Dean became assistants and life-long friends to Jack Beal  and his wife, Sondra Freckelton. Ellen is the recipient of a NY Creative Artists Program Services  (CAPS) grant, residency at the LaNapoule Art Foundation, France and Forbes Trinchera Ranch,  Colorado. Ellen’s work has been exhibited widely in New York and Philadelphia and has shown  in group exhibitions, including the Hudson Valley Art Association, Salmagundi Club, Forbes  Galleries, New York, Susquehanna Art Museum, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, and the  Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Her work can be found in many private and public  collections.  

Her most direct influences are 17th century Dutch still life painters, whose work is recognized by  masterful depictions, close observation, clarity and intensity. 

Website: http://ellenhutchinson.com/