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Phyllis Bryce Ely

Background

 Phyllis Bryce Ely is a Rochester, NY, artist who has lived and exhibited in the Rochester area and Northeast US for over 20 years.  She is a 1981 Painting/Fine Arts graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology. Phyllis is featured in corporate and private collections and has been represented by the Oxford Gallery since the 1980s.  The Mill Gallery and Art Center in Honeoye Falls, NY, began representing her work in 2003.  Phyllis is primarily known as a landscape painter who works ‘plein air’ in upstate New York and Southern Maine.  She is also an "Under 5" curler at the Rochester Curling Club.


Recent landscape exhibit 
 

"Distant Nubble"    (York Beach, Maine)

Why Curling Art?

Because my family of three curls many times a week, over the past few winters I've found myself at the curling club more than in my studio.  It occurred to me I could paint at the curling club just as easily as I normally do in the studio or outdoors in the landscape.  Better than outdoors, I get heat, a table, chair, coffee and plumbing!  So I began to paint during my daughter's weekend practices.  As an artist, I found I enjoyed the colors, design and shapes in the curling environment.  I also like the addition of people to my paintings.  I work directly on site or from my own photographs (fellow club members kindly tolerate me out on the ice with my camera).  At times other curlers also offer their photos for which I am grateful. 

At a friend's suggestion I donated a few small paintings to a fun club fundraising auction. They were well received and earned some money for the Rochester Curling Club.  With that encouragement, I kept painting curling images and began to imagine this Web site.  And, in the spirit of curling, I wanted to find a way to give back to the sport as I continued to make and sell curling art.  As I discussed this idea, another friend suggested I consider supporting the USWCA's Future Fund, whose purpose is to develop, improve and sustain women's (and junior women's) curling.  I checked it out and found it to be a meaningful way to help grow the sport.  I now donate a portion of every sale of original art to the Future Fund. 

That was nearly two years ago.  I've continued to create curling art and this Web site is now real.  As I've learned more about curling, visited other clubs and met many curlers, my enthusiasm for this idea has grown.  Thank you to all of you who have encouraged me along the way.  I hope you'll view the gallery and consider adding some curling art to your life or the life of a curler you care about.  Please come back often to see new work.  I welcome your hellos, comments and ideas in my guest book.

Good Curling,
Phyllis

            

Photos by Hannah Ely 2004

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