I’ve been drawing since I was old enough to pick up a pencil in my hands, though I’ve began taking it seriously only in recent years. What was once my favourite hobby is now my main driving force and passion, something I hope you feel through the work I make. With a Swedish-Hungarian heritage and having travelled to many different countries, I have experienced and grew up with many different cultures and corners of the world.
Many of my works have been inspired by the nooks of European cultures I was raised with, the small parts of these cultures that most tourists don’t even notice that will never leave my heart. The abundance of home-grown food in the small Hungarian village my grandparents live in, for example. The deer that would sometimes appear to graze in our Swedish garden. The massive size of Hungarian snails that used to delight me as a child. Things no visitor pays any heed, but will stay with me for life.
I hope my work reaches something in you, and that you find meaning and beauty in it, as I do.
Ellen Winhammar
United Kingdom
Hi! My name is Ellen Winhammar, a Cornwall-based artist with a love for all the joys life has to offer, big or small. I look to the outside for my inspiration; the snails on the street during a storm, the seagulls raiding the bins in the morning, the friendship between the locals where I live and our street cats. There is so much unspoken beauty around us… I strive to capture it in my works. Working mainly in both ink and oil paint, I try to bring out the vibrancy and life in the millions of nothings we take for granted every day, to make them into a something. I hope that I can share my vision with you, and that I can bring a little happiness into your life too.
Art has always been my biggest love, a way for me to connect with my audience and celebrate the richness of life. All my works are very close to my heart, made with a purpose and meaning coming from whithin, though my work is made to be interpreted however the viewer sees. I love hearing about how others find meaning in my work, how they interpret my vision. I believe beauty in art is to be shared; a thousand voices interpreting beauty in a thousand different ways always appealed to me more than my singular voice dictating a singular way the art should be seen.
He Walk
Ellen Winhammar – United Kingdom Drawing Pen on Paper Print (1 of 5) – GBP £40.00
Monty
Ellen Winhammar – United Kingdom Drawing Pen on Paper Print (1 of 5) – GBP £40.00
The Lady Takes a Walk in Morning Light
Ellen Winhammar – United Kingdom Drawing Pen on Paper Print (1 0f 5) – GBP £30.00