Forget-Me-Not | March 2025
“I am an artist living on the central coast of California. In this rural & quiet area I find plenty of time to make drawings of flowers and other plants that inspire me. I use colored pencil on paper and am currently focused on flowers…
I combine elements of figurative and abstract together. My aim is to show a clear contrast between the two perspectives in one drawing. I always start with a flower in mind but I never know where it will go from there.” ~ Elle Willson
After carefully reviewing tons of artwork submissions from an incredible assortment of artists, polling our small team and close associates, and agonizing over just one selection, it is with great pleasure that we welcome the winner of Plunge's 2024 Open Call into our Plunge lineup… Elle Willson!
Her work was a standout favorite ~ We loved Elle’s contemplative perspective of natural landscapes large and small, rendered in delicate, vibrating colored pencil.
A lovely quote from Cruise Control gallery in Cambria on Elle’s recent solo exhibition there: “The colored pencil on paper works from this show are reductive in only the most complimentary of ways. Her works are an exercise in the art of appreciation and a tribute to the devout nature of actionable expressions taken over time. These iterations on a theme are carried not to any logical conclusion, but a repeated meditation of strokes and markings with a reverence for nature’s little colorful gifts.”
Find more about Elle:
Elle's Instagram
Elle's Website
Elle at Cruise Control
Elle will be featured in Plunge Rag Volume 5, coming Spring 2025!