Ellen Moore Osborne

A layered collage of a figure in glasses at a window, with a second image of him in the background. Fractured planes, transparent textures, and overlapping tones create a fragmented, reflective scene.

New collage, “Window Gaze.”
A figure appears in two spaces at once, reflecting the different versions of ourselves that surface in a single moment. Layered fragments echo how memory and reflection overlap—sometimes aligning, sometimes drifting. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

A mixed-media collage showing a joyful couple laughing together. The man leans slightly forward with his hand on his hip, and the woman smiles beside him. The composition is built from overlapping geometric fragments and translucent layers in muted tones of beige, blue, and gray, giving the image a sense of vibration and motion, as if laughter itself is rippling through the scene.

A layered mixed-media collage depicting an old green pickup truck with sagging tires and a rusted frame. On the truck’s wooden bench seat sits a young couple from an old black-and-white photograph; the man’s arm rests around the woman’s shoulders. Transparent overlaps of color and texture blend the figures into the decaying vehicle, evoking nostalgia and the fading of time, love, and memory.

Two of my pieces, "Laughter" and "Bench Seats and Broken Hearts" are in the Riverviews Art Show in Lynchburg, VA, through Jan 11. "Laughter" translates joy into movement; "Bench Seats" reflects on fading memories of love, work, and freedom. Both are mixed media collages, 20" x 20".

Mixed-media collage of two men in suits standing together. Torn paper layers and faint numbers resembling a clock face surround them, suggesting friendship and the passage of time.

I haven't decided if this one is finished yet. "In-Between Moments" sets friendship within shifting memory, where time is both present and blurred. It reminds me of how the presence and feeling of a relationship lingers even after the years pass. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

collage showing a grayscale couple at the center, surrounded by layered images of turbines, engines, and circular orbit-like forms

My collage, "Rocket City Power Couple," combines an ordinary snapshot of human connection with the powerful centrifugal forces of orbiting machinery. The contrast contemplates how private lives are drawn into the larger forces of progress and history. Mixed Media, 20" x 20" #art #fineart #mixedmedia

Collage of a yellow submersible with a layered figure rising amid swirling blue waves.

"Surfacing" will be in a show in Greenville NC. It's about both being held under and liberated by waves of memory. The yellow submersible, a symbol of exploration, also represents the forces that pull us downward. The figure rises even after a deep and disorienting dive. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

Two figures, somewhat transparent and repeated, sit on a bench that is cradled in a large, rusted tractor wheel, that is broken up and shifting.

My new collage, called "Memory Cradle," reflects on how certain points in time serve as cogs in our memories, helping us move ahead through the circle of our lives. The rusted wheel serves as a cradle to hold the memory in its curve, creating its own rhythm in my mind. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

Blurry figure on warped and disjointed staircase, reach up, perhaps toward a window.

My new collage, "Gravity Dreams," bends physics and memory into a dream state, where nothing aligns but everything is layered and overlapping. I was thinking about how personal growth is disorienting, even in our dreams, and how that feeling stays with us after we wake. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

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In the midst of swirling chaos, two figures are lost in deep conversation, so absorbed in their inner world they don't register the turmoil around them. The foreground figure steps away, rejecting the clamor.

"In His Own Orbit" is a mixed-media collage about tuning out the noise, choosing separateness. One figure walks away calmly while the world spins wildly behind him, representing how we sometimes set boundaries for our emotions. It’s about finding peace in your own space. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

Nice. This looks similar to what I was seeing through my windshield when I was driving home in a storm last night.

Roads and underpass, broken up and reassembled, with architecture and figures swirling about.

"The Last Ordinary Day" mixed media collage. I am revisiting an old theme, blending fragments of roads, sky, figures, and architecture, trying to capture the delicate moment before ordinary life became irrevocably changed. Anchored in a real place, but could be anywhere. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

More info: It's called "Bench Seats and Broken Hearts"

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Thanks! There's a little bit of Photoshop on the girl, and then she was printed out on paper and glued on (a couple of times!)

Two figures from a 1950s photograph, male and female in black and white are sitting on a bench which is superimposed over the tailgate of an old GMC pickup truck. The truck has been torn and collaged together several times.

Here is a piece I’ve been working on for a few months. It’s getting near the end. I will set it aside for a bit and revisit it later to see what it needs next. It hasn’t yet told me what its name should be. 20” x 20” Mixed Media Collage. #art #mixedmedia #painting

Picture of a painting of a red train on a gallery wall. The label has a red dot on it, indicating it has sold.

I sold a piece at the Curry-Bower exhibition at the Bower Center for the Arts in Bedford, Virginia. It's a 20" x 20" mixed media collage called "The Last Goodbye." I didn't expect this one to sell; I didn't really have a chance to tell it "goodbye"... how ironic. #art #fineart #mixedmedia

Distorted images of two figures in front of a Drive-in restaurant

New work: "Colleen Drive-In" Where we stopped for the best hot dogs and fries on the way to visit my grandmother. I love how a kitschy roadside stand became a vessel for personal history and memories. Time bends, but some things—fries, friendship, and soft-serve dreams—stay steady. #art #fineart

Image of woman sitting on the grass by a body of water with portions of structures in the distance

Recent mixed media collage, "By the Lake," 12" x 12." Includes acrylic paint and portions of my inkjetted photographs. This will be in the McGuffey Mid-Atlantic Juried Show April 4-27. #art #fineart #painting

Recent work, "Weekend Visit," Mixed Media Collage, 20" x 16". On display through the end of the month at my solo show at Random Row in Charlottesville, VA. This is my mental image of the trips my parents took when they came to visit me at college. #art #originalart #mixedmedia #artwork #painting

Artwork depicting figures looking up at massive industrial power structures akin to rocket boosters hanging over their heads

New artwork, "Amazement," Mixed Media Collage. Measures 20" tall by 16" wide.