Occasional thoughts on art - art making, looking at art, collecting art, displaying art, etc.

Unfinished, or when is a painting finished?

Unfinished, or when is a painting finished?

Unfinished, the Met Breuer's new exhibition raises the question - When is a painting finished?

Ella YangMarch 28, 2016Ella Yang StudioPainting process, Unfinished, oil painting demonstration, brooklyn streetscape, brooklyn view, coffee shop, park slope

"You're a Dinosaur!"

Ella YangMarch 14, 2016plein air, art history, painting process, julian easel, brooklyn cityscapeComment

FAQ's, or What People Ask Me All The Time

FAQ's, or What People Ask Me All The Time

Ella YangSeptember 19, 2015Ella Yang StudioFrequently asked questions, Painting process, questions for artists, oil paintingComment

Blush-worthy Accolades

What I suspected to be a scam turned out to be an honor!

Ella YangMarch 10, 2015landscape, painting, US State Department, Art in Embassies, Mohegan Bluffs, wellfleet harbor, sledding scene Comments

Brownstones are NOT Brown

Not all historic brownstone buildings are the same color. Mixing the right colors take practice and a lot of hard looking.

Ella YangFebruary 25, 2015brownstones, historic brooklyn, cityscape, row houses, mixing colors, commissions, old housesComment

Welcoming in 2015

Ella YangJanuary 8, 2015studio, paintings, commissions, new yarComment

Moving to a new website platform

Ella YangMarch 16, 2014new websiteComment

Why would I hang paintings there?!

UncategorizedElla YangJune 17, 2013art loan, brooklyn painting, cityscape painting, NYC architect, paintings of interiors, urban paintingComment

Parallax AF: A New Venture

UncategorizedElla YangNovember 7, 2012art, art fair, cityscapes, fine art, free event, New York art fair, Parallax AFComment

So much clearer now

UncategorizedElla YangFebruary 19, 2012artist with cataracts, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, large canvas, lily pads, monet lily paintings, vertical paintingComment

Affordable Holiday Art Sale, Dec 1-4

UncategorizedElla YangNovember 21, 2011440 gallery, affordable art brooklyn, affordable art new york city, brooklyn art gallery, brooklyn artists, discounted artwork, ella yang artist, holiday art sale, holiday gift idea, shop local BrooklynComment

New book: Streets Seen - Available now!

UncategorizedElla YangNovember 21, 2011book cityscape paintings, cityscapes book, ella yang, Streets SeenComment

A Little Bit of Bridge Mania

UncategorizedElla YangNovember 14, 2011Brooklyn Bridge painting, Brooklyn cityscape, Manhattan Bridge Painting, new york cityscape, paintings of NYC bridgesComment

A glorious 2 weeks at annual informal artists residency

UncategorizedElla YangAugust 8, 2011artist residency, oil sketches, oil studies, painting of rocks, painting of trees, plein air painting, Purume Gallery, stream painting, windham fine art gallery, woodstock nyComment

New Paintings to be included in "My Favorite Place", a group exhibition at Windham Fine Art Gallery

UncategorizedElla YangJune 21, 2011cityscapes, new york cityscapes, paintings of brooklyn, paintings of New York City, plein air exhibition, windham fine artsComment

"Being There" Opens Thursday, June 2, at Callahan Center Gallery, Brooklyn

UncategorizedElla YangMay 31, 2011art exhibition brooklyn, art exhibition nyc, art gallery brooklyn, brooklyn art gallery, Callahan Center Gallery, ella yang, Mary K- ConnellyComment

Summer in the City, group exhibit in NYC

UncategorizedElla YangApril 29, 2011brooklyn paintings, cityscape exhibit, little owl cafe, paintings of Greenwich Village, paintings of New York City, prospect Park painting, Purume Gallery, Smith Street painting Comments

440 Gallery announces TEXT - Call for Artists

UncategorizedElla YangApril 1, 2011440 gallery, art gallery brooklyn, art submissions, brooklyn art gallery, call for artists, text theme art exhibitComment