Ellen Heck
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Spending Time •
Wine-Dark Sea
The Pool on the Left
The Pool on the Right
Weather •
Most Likely a Landscape
The Slumber Party
Q. Being Painted with a Mask
A. Being Painted with a Mask •
H. Being Painted with a Mask
N. Being Painted with a Mask
V. Being Painted with a Mask
P. Being Painted with a Mask
T. Being Painted with a Mask
F. Being Painted with Stars •
C. Being Painted with a Star
D. Being Painted with a Star
K. Being Painted with a Star
S. Being Painted with a Star
F. Being Painted as a Clown •
Z. Being Painted as a Clown
H. Being Painted as a Clown
G. Being Painted as a Clown
V. Being Painted as a Clown
N. Being Painted as a Clown
D. Being Painted as a Clown
Julia Vase - Royal
Julia Vase - Dusk
Green Klein Bottle and Plate of Approaching Limes
The Family Room 9/9
The Blue Room 5/7
The Bath 7/7
The Garden Party 6/8
Father and Son 2/3
Hand and Hand 3/5
Geppetto 3/6
April
November
August
At the Well with a Surface in Formation
Form and Function
Julia Set 2/9
Portrait of a Self Portrait
Ampersand and Ampersand
Miranda, Escher's Knots, the Number Two 4/5
Adrienne Wearing a Mobius Strip as a Hat 6/9 •
CTP Mallory with a Visible Gradient
Page with New Materials 2/3
Anna Wearing a Möbius Strip as a Hat
72º Woodcut Color Wheel #11
The Towels in the Window, ed. 3/7
Spending Time, 2024
drypoint, mixed media on panel (9), 62 x 62 x 1.5 inches, sold
Wine-Dark Sea, 2024
drypoint, mixed media on panel (80), 33.75 x 42.25 x 2 inches, $7000
The Pool on the Left, 2024
drypoint, mixed media on panel (9), 44 x 44 x 1.5 inches, $8000
The Pool on the Right, 2024
drypoint, mixed media on panel (9), 44 x 44 x 1.5 inches, $8000
Weather, 2024
drypoint, mixed media on panel (32), 49.5 x 99.5 x 1 inches, sold
Most Likely a Landscape, 2024
oil on wood panel, 36 x 24 inches, $5000
The Slumber Party, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 21 inches, 26 x 30 framed, $1500
Q. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
A. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, sold
H. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
N. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
V. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
P. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
T. Being Painted with a Mask, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 9 inches, 26 x 19 framed, $1200
F. Being Painted with Stars, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, sold
C. Being Painted with a Star, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 9 inches, 26 x 19 framed, $1200
D. Being Painted with a Star, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 10.5 x 13 inches, 23 x 23 framed, $1200
K. Being Painted with a Star, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 9 inches, 26 x 19 framed, $1200
S. Being Painted with a Star, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 9 inches, 26 x 19 framed, $1200
F. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, sold
Z. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 10.5 x 13 inches, 23 x 23 framed, $1200
H. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
G. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 10.5 x 13 inches, 23 x 23 framed, $1200
V. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
N. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 13 x 10.5 inches, 26 x 20 framed, $1200
D. Being Painted as a Clown, 2024
drypoint, aquatint, gouache, pencil, stamp, 10.5 x 13 inches, 23 x 23 framed, $1200
Julia Vase - Royal , 2021
oil and etching on panel, 36 x 24 inches, $3500
Julia Vase - Dusk, 2021
oil on panel, 36 x 24 inches, $3500
Green Klein Bottle and Plate of Approaching Limes, 2021
oil on panel, 16 x 12 inches, $1500
The Family Room 9/9, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 10.5 inches unframed, $800
The Blue Room 5/7, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 10.5 inches unframed, $800
The Bath 7/7, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 10.5 inches, 21.5 x 15.25 framed, $1000
The Garden Party 6/8, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 10.5 inches unframed, $800
Father and Son 2/3, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 10.5 inches unframed, $900
Hand and Hand 3/5, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 10.5 inches unframed, $800
Geppetto 3/6, 2022
woodcut, drypoint, aquatint, watercolor, 13 x 9 inches, 21.5 x 15.25 framed, $1000
April, 2021
drypoint and woodcut on paper, 30 x 20 inches unframed, $1200
November, 2021
drypoint and woodcut on paper, 30 x 20 inches unframed, $1200
August, 2021
drypoint and woodcut on paper, 30 x 20 inches unframed, $1200
At the Well with a Surface in Formation, 2020
oil on drypoint on panel, 24 x 36 inches, $3000
Form and Function, 2020
oil on drypoint on panel, 36 x 24 inches, $3000
Julia Set 2/9, 2017
woodcut, drypoint and hand painting, 24 x 22 inches unframed, $800
Portrait of a Self Portrait, 2020
drypoint and woodcut on paper, 24 x 22 inches, 26.75 x 24.75 inches framed, $1200
Ampersand and Ampersand, 2020
drypoint and woodcut on paper, 24 x 22 inches, 26.75 x 24.75 inches framed, $1200
Miranda, Escher's Knots, the Number Two 4/5, 2017
woodcut and drypoint with hand painting, 15 x 11 inches unframed, $600
Adrienne Wearing a Mobius Strip as a Hat 6/9, 2016
woodcut, drypoint and hand painting, 15 x 11 inches unframed, sold
CTP Mallory with a Visible Gradient, 2017
woodcut, drypoint and hand painting, 15 x 11 inches unframed, $600
Page with New Materials 2/3, 2017
woodcut, drypoint and hand painting, 15 x 11 inches unframed, $600
Anna Wearing a Möbius Strip as a Hat, 2016
woodcut, drypoint and hand painting, 15 x 11 inches unframed, $600
72º Woodcut Color Wheel #11, 2014
drypoint and woodcut, 19 x 15 inches, 27 x 21 inches framed, $800
The Towels in the Window, ed. 3/7, 2012
woodcut and drypoint on paper, 16 x 16 plates, 22 x 23 paper unframed, $800
About the artist...
Tour Ellen Heck's 2025 exhibition "Prints" and listen to her speak about her work here.
An edition of Heck's Bath was aquired by MFA Boston in 2023.
Tour Ellen Heck's 2022 exhibition "Cornucopia" and listen to her speak about her work here.
More available from Ellen's print portfolio, please inquire.
Hear Ellen speak about her work and take a tour of our PrintAustin 2021 show here.
Listen to Ellen speak about her work and see her 2020 show here.
Take a virtual tour of Heck's 2017 solo exhibition here.
Take a virtual tour of Heck's 2014 solo exhibition here.
More works available upon request from Heck's Frida series as well as from her Printmakers series.
In 2014, the Victoria and Albert Museum aquired Heck's Forty Fridas Portfolio, which we displayed in Heck's 2012 solo show. Read the Museum's review of the portfolio here.
Read Wayne Alan Brenner's review of Heck's 2014 show in the Austin Chronicle here.
Read the Austin Chronicle review of her 2012 show here.
Ellen Heck has received degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Brown University. She works as a printmaker and painter in North Carolina.
Over the past decade, through several print projects, she has explored specific questions about identity—its creation, variability, persistence and change—by combining subject matter and thematically resonant printmaking techniques.
Visit artist's website - ellenheck.com