Downtown Artwalk: Ellen Mansfield

Downtown Artwalk: Ellen Mansfield

Take a self-guided jaunt downtown and visit local galleries! At the Delaplaine, Ellen Mansfield will feature ceramic tiles, linocuts and paintings. FREE

Visit ellenmansfield.com for more information about the artist.

Ellen Mansfield is a Deaf artist originally from New York. A prominent component in her tiles and linocuts is hand imagery.
When she moved to Maryland, she began to recognize just how much her Deaf identity had been part of her artwork. Life was starting to blossom as she was surrounded by Deaf culture and sign language, which developed increasingly colorful images including watercolors, oil paintings and tile paintings in her artwork. Ellen has done numerous commissions since the 1980s for decorative work including hand-painted tiles for custom murals. She has led many workshops in ceramics, drawing and painting for Deaf children, hearing children of Deaf parents, and Deaf adults.