Community Gallery Collaborations

Ellen Engdahl-Ehlenbeck

November 11 – January 11, 2025

Ellen Engdahl Ehlenbeck is a painter, installation artist, musician, teacher, graphic designer, traveler, gardener, and enthusiastic fan of downtown York, PA. She has a BFA in painting from Penn State and an MA in graphic design from Savannah College of Art and Design. She currently teaches painting classes at Creative York and Art History classes at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Penn State York, after careers as both a free-lance graphic designer and a graphic design instructor at Harrisburg Area Community College.

Ellen works primarily in water media. Although her acrylic and watercolor style is very expressionistic, her work in gouache is much more controlled and graphic – most likely because she started experimenting with the medium during the chaos of the pandemic. She created imaginary hothouse scenes with bright colors, precise lines and textures as a response to the isolation and confusion of the time. Since the pandemic, her gouache style has evolved into varied subject matter and social commentary.

An opening reception will be held at the Out Door Country Club on Friday, November 15 from 6-8pm.