Ellen Spencer is a well known artist and longtime environmental activist. Her work reflects her passion in the celebration of life and its connection to our environment. Ellen is originally from Boston. She currently resides in both the San Francisco bay area and New England. Her studios are in Oakland, California and the Boston. She has spent many years successfully exhibiting and selling her works throughout the United States and has received numerous awards. Her work has been hailed as, “exuberant and exciting” by New York's Art Speak magazine. She is currently represented by 57th Street Gallery in Oakland, CA, ArtWorks in San Francisco, Artist Alley Gallery in San Francisco, Agora Gallery in New York, A-Forest Gallery in New York and Marziart International Gallery in Hamburg, Germany, as well as numerous world wide Online Galleries.As an artist and an activist, my work represents thestrength and unity inherent in the human spirit.The celebration of what is possible when people come together as one.Each painting has a feeling of its own and is done indifferent mediums. The colors are vivid and richreflecting the myriad of emotions that I bring to mywork. The textured pieces use a multitude of dried herbs (rosemary, lavender, sage,etc) ,sand, sea salt and many other natural objects. I encourage you to bring your own experiences to the viewing of my artwork and freely interpret the imagery according to your own imagination.