Unbound- An exhibition of landscape paintings by Ellie Baker

Ellie brings her new body of work to Studio 42 in Port St Mary – over twenty landscapes that capture the natural elements of the Island and their transformation with the ever changing light and sky.

An entire painting may be structured around a vivid flash of colour once seen, whilst her layered mixed media approach lends itself to depicting the many facets of the outstanding natural environment that surrounds us.

Each piece is an exploration in the subtleties of hue and texture - some works are very ethereal with only limited colour shift across the scene and others have a bolder application of paint, resulting in a strong sense of place and identity. Ellie works with acrylic paint, oil pastels and pencil to build a certain sense of the Island into each piece.

Since her last exhibition on the Island, Ellie has had a number of works accepted in the UK including with The Royal Cambrian Academy open exhibition 2023 in Conwy and Figurative Art Now with Mall Galleries in London. Ellie also received a commendation from Explorers Against Extinction for a drawing which detailed endangered moss growing near an old lead mine here on the Island.

Ellie recently completed two pieces commissioned by the IOM Steam Packet Company for inclusion in the art collection of their new vessel Manxman.