Painting

Painting

Elle Birdsell is a self-taught visual artist from Columbus, Ohio. Her art utilizes surrealism to create worlds that feel dream-like and eerie. Her work explores themes of identity, devotion and complex relationships. Birdsell explores vulnerability, allowing the audience to reflect on their own experiences and personal connections through each piece. Elle often uses abstraction of the human form to convey the emotional subtext of each piece

Prints available here

Another Test/Killing For You (2026)

An acrylic on canvas painting
completed in the Spring of 2026. This
painting is 24"x20" and explores
themes of deception and love

All I Know to be True
(2025)

An acrylic on canvas painting
completed in the Fall of 2025. This
painting is 36"x12". This piece aims to
convey confusion and uncertainty.

Devotion/Checking the
Obituaries (2025)

An acrylic on canvas painting
completed in the Summer of 2025.
This painting is 20"x16" and is painted
in a simplistic, surrealist style. This
painting explores fruitless
devotion.

Sometimes We’re the
Same (2025)

An acrylic on canvas painting
completed in early 2025. This painting
is 20"x16" and is an exploration into
self identity.

I’m Fine. Just “Excited”
(2024)

An acrylic on canvas painting
completed in the Fall of 2024. This
painting is 14"x11". This piece is a
depiction of anxiety.

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