I am an artist because I want to create. My job, in my opinion, is to create something which will endure longer than life itself. Much of my inspiration comes from a love of my native New Hampshire land and seascapes. The change in seasons has influenced my interpretive, loose style as a plein aire painter. I rarely work from photographs. Working en plein aire (French for painting outdoors), is solidly satisfying to me as a painter.

                                                 - Ellen Friel
                                                            Watercolor Artist

 
     
   
   
 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS:


2006      Sharon Arts Center & the Charter Trust.
              Friel - Tierney: Two Person Watercolor & Acrylic Show.
              Peterborough, NH

              Cambridge Art Association "Blue" Juried Show.
              "Pond Reflections" watercolor
              CAA Gallery - Cambridge, MA.

              New England Watercolor Society 11th Biennial Show.
              "Calla Lillies". North Shore Arts Association - Gloucester, MA
              Frank Webb, Juror. 

              New Hampshire Art Association 58th Annual Exhibition.
              Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH

              Bedford Humane Society 2nd Annual Exhibit. Bedford, NH
              Best in Show.

2005      New Hampshire Art Association 57th Annual Exhibition.
              Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH

2004      New Hampshire Art Association 56th Annual Exhibition.
              Currier Museum of Art - Manchester, NH

              New England Watercolor Society 9th Biennial North               American Open Show.
              Bennington Center for the Arts - Bennington, VT
              Honorable Mention.

2003      Annual Arts in the Park Show. Andover Artists Guild -               Andover, MA
              3rd Place, Mixed-Media.

2002      New Hampshire Art Association 54th Annual Exhibition.
              Currier Museum of Art – Manchester, NH
              Gammon Award for Drawing

2001      New England Watercolor Society Open Show.
              "Afternoon Light" Chatham Arts Association - Chatham, MA

              Wilton Arts and Film Festival. Wilton, NH
              1st and 3rd Place, Watercolor Painting Awards.
              
1997      New Hampshire Art Association 49th Annual Exhibition.
              Currier Museum of Art – Manchester, NH
              Gammon Award for Drawing.

1988      Hargis Gallery Open Competition Exhibit. Los Angeles, CA
              1st Place, Collage Award
           


EDUCATION:


1982      Bachelor of Fine Arts
              Notre Dame College – Manchester, NH




PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:


Cambridge Art Association – Juried Member

Copley Society of Art Boston – Juried Member

New England Watercolor Society – Associate Member

New Hampshire Art Association – Juried Member

Sharon Arts Center – Juried Member

 


   
   


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