Beth Cody: Gesturing In the Abstract Countryside at Pleiades Gallery. 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. She says, "I'm drawn to the common everydayness of life in the city, and perhaps what is hidden just beneath the surface of the ordinary.
