Ellen Langford

Ellen Langford

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.

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!