Ellen Langford is a painter whose body of work is inspired by landscapes, chance meetings, and the South’s mighty cross-currents. Ellen notices and captures the relationships between the land and its inhabitants – a child with his dog, a clothesline in the breeze, a figure with the landscape. We don’t only see them in her paintings, we feel that joyful connection.
Langford worked for years as a paramedic in central Mississippi. She became heavily influenced by the often tender narratives of her patients’ stories, as well as the quiet rituals that they incorporate into their lives. As the parent of a young boy herself, and owner of chickens and dogs, Ellen often incorporates children and animals into her compositions as she finds sweetness and vulnerability in their movements, as well as joy and adventure.
Native to Mississippi, Ellen has pursued academic studies in her craft in New York, San Francisco, DC, & Italy, among other places. However, her work took on its recognizable narrative quality when she returned home to the Deep South.
Langford’s painting process involves layers of paint, often sanded away and then glazed over, searching for shape and pattern, color, and texture, to build the story worlds her figures inhabit.
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Selected Works
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There They Are
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 14 X 17 5/8" - Framed Size
$550.-
(LAN272)
Evening Long & Reaching
Acrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas
size: 16 X 20"
$900.-
(LAN246)
Three Chickens
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 10 1/2 X 13 7/8" - Framed Size
$465.-
(LAN207)
Fly to Me Across the Hills
Acrylic Paint on Birch Board
size: 5 1/16 X 7"
$200.-
(LAN262)
Close to You
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 10 X 7"
$300.-
(LAN276)
Glee Shared
Acrylic Paint on Birch Board
size: 5 1/16 X 7"
$200.-
(LAN263)
Determined
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 13 1/4 x 16 7/8" - Framed Size
$525.-
(LAN271)
Meanwhile, Pausing
Acrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas
size: 12 X 12"
$500.-
(LAN237)
A Beginning
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 13 3/4 X 17 1/8" - Framed Size
$500.-
(LAN196)
About to
Acrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas
size: 12 X 24"
$975.-
(LAN268)
Her Two Buddies
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 7 X 10 1/8"
$300.-
(LAN274)
Mountain Path Companion
Acrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas
size: 12 X 24"
$975.-
(LAN267)
A Game of Fetch
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 7 1/8 X 10 1/16"
$300.-
(LAN205)
So True
Acrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas
size: 20 X 20"
$1,100.-
(LAN242)
This Way Home
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 7 1/8 X 10 1/8"
$300.-
(LAN206)
Out Front
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 14 1/8 x 17 3/4" - Framed Size
$525.-
(LAN270)
In My Opinion
Acrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas
size: 12 X 12"
$500.-
(LAN269)
I'll Share this with You
Acrylic Paint on Paper
size: 7 1/8 X 10 1/8"
$300.-
(LAN273)
Ellen Langford visits American Folk!