Ellen Mueller

Energy Survey

In this series I experiment with various watercolor media via monoprinting and drawing on Yupo. I’m thinking about power as it relates to single family homes, the pre-colonial environment of Minnesota, electrical grids, nature, and larger community systems of infrastructure. I am influenced by my time in the garden where I spend a lot of time with native plants in an urban landscape. Visually, I am drawn to the complexity and unpredictability of washes in contrast with sharper line work and shapes.

Three of the works were produced at Amilado Press, and two were produced at Benton Projects Residency.