Judith Ellen Sanders
On canvas, on paper, in words.
JudithEllenSanders@gmail.com
The rhythm, flow, and nuance of line, color and words are Judith Ellen Sanders' focus and fascination. Painting and writing from a young age, at one point her interest in science brought her to graduate school to study biochemistry. Delighted to learn of the subtle but crucial step-by-step changes constantly occurring within the cell she continued to paint and write as she learned of the intricacies of the molecular world. At graduation she crossed the stage for her diploma and walked back into the studio with her love of the beauty and flow of science in hand.
She now has a studio at an arts center and whether on canvas and paper or with words, she continues to put a lens on those precious moments of possibility and expansiveness.
Her work has been on display at the Johnson & Johnson Research and Development Gallery and there have been solo exhibits of her work at the UMass Medical School Hospital in Worcester, the Interchurch Center in New York City, and the Jasper Rand Art Museum, among others. Her work has been part of many group shows and she has won awards such as the Ray Kimmel Memorial Award at the Faber Birren National Color Award Show which was awarded by Roxana Marcocci of the Museum of Modern Art. She also won first prize for her painting "Freed Spirits" for the Brigham and Women's Hospital Card Donation Program, and has given talks on her favorite subject - the pathways of possibility - at the Grace Institute in New York City, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Liaison International.
Her poem, “Art Supplies From Heaven” about a precious visit she took to the wonderful New York Central Art Supply was published in the New York Times both online and in print. She is also a lending artist with The Corporate Program at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and many of her paintings are on display in a variety of corporations in the Boston area.Judith Ellen's work is part of many private and corporate collections including Wellington Management, the Baystate/University of Massachusetts Biomedical Research Institute, and most recently, Baystate Health commissioned her to have her two-panel painting "Circles of Light I and II" reproduced onto Plexiglass for their Children's Hospital Specialty Center where it is now on permanent display.