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Twanoh I, 2018
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches

Unique
Signed and dated on verso

Ellen McFadden was born in 1928 in Portland, Oregon. She passed away in October of 2022, also in Portland, at age 94. Ellen attended the Portland Art Museum School (now the Pacific Northwest College of Art) in the late 1940s, followed by a lifelong commitment to art and design, both as an instructor and freelance graphic designer in the Northwest and Iowa. Influenced in the early 1960s by Constructivist and New Graphic Design movements in Europe, she and her husband, Irwin McFadden, assimilated these new styles into their own design and art practices. In the last years of her life, starting around 2007, Ellen focused exclusively on painting, making works that incorporated pattern and vibrant color, their titles alluding to the Northwest geography and native tribes that were so ingrained in her personal history. In addition to multiple exhibitions at Ampersand, her paintings were featured in solo presentations at Weiden+Kennedy (Portland, OR) and she was among 34 artists selected for the Portland Biennial, 2016. Ellen’s exhibitions were always a favorite among those who frequented the gallery, so we are honored to be working with Ellen’s family by continuing to offer her paintings through Ampersand.