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Contact: Ellen Bradshaw
Phone (917) 734-9814
Ebradshaw2@nyc.rr.com
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ELLEN BRADSHAW

“EVERY STREET HAS A STORY”

Artist Reception: Saturday, September 12 3-6 pm

September 8 – October 3, 2026

Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 12-6 pm or by appointment

Every street has a story.

Walking the City, I seem drawn to certain streets.
Each street has a past. Memories. A history. Its own history commingling with my history to the street.
I return to favorite streets where I somehow feel at home. A street can anchor you, place you, remind you,
make you feel. It can speak to you. Every street has a soul.

There is a mood to a street. The sky, the weather interacting with a street, an emotional dance, an unveiling.
Sometimes dramatic, but often quiet and subtle, the streets I paint demand I notice them.

I feel this way about New York City more than any other place. The curve of that street, the remembered
buildings still standing to mark my own history to them. Within my paintings there is often a glimpse of my
husband Joe, as he has wandered most of these streets with me over the years.

These streets I paint in oil will never look quite the same way again. I am recording a history, a passing
moment in time with every street. A very personal journey with NYC. My story is here.

Ellen Bradshaw’s work was influenced by the realism of the Ashcan painters, as well as the sense of color
and atmosphere explored by the Impressionists. Ellen's usual subject is New York City.
"I'm drawn to the common everydayness of life in the city, and perhaps what is hidden just beneath the
surface of the ordinary. The reflective moody quirky streets of Lower Manhattan are my usual subjects - the
neighborhoods, the personalities of her buildings, the majesty of her bridges, the streets transformed by
snow or the colors of night, the lone figures of daily routine, the everyday intensity of the simple passing of
moments against that in-your-face reality that is New York City.”

Ellen has shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is the recipient of several awards. She has
been President of Pleiades Gallery since 2000.

Date & Time

September 25, 2026
12:00pm - 6:00pm

Additional Dates

This event also occurs on:
09/26/2026, 09/29/2026, 09/30/2026, 10/01/2026 and 2 other dates

Location

Pleiades Gallery
547 West 27th St, ste 304
New York, NY 10001

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