Ellen Altfest

Torso . 2011

photos: Todd-White Art Photography © White Cube . + bellwether gallery . White Cube

Since leaving Yale School of Art Ellen Altfest has developed her own distinct and devoted approach to a figurative and representational painting.
Altfest always paints from life, drawn towards domestic plants, vegetables and more recently, male models. Altfest immerses herself in an intense analysis and personal engagement with the subject that pushes her vision beyond the real.
White Cube

Armpit . 2011

The Bent Leg . 2008

The Leg . 2010

Head and Plant . 2009-2010

The Butt . 2007