The paintings to me are always canvas, sculpture has always been metal, though I have made sculpture in wood also.
Ellsworth KellyAll my work begins with drawings. I donโt labor over my drawings. I want to get freedom in the line. I like to be able to get swift curves in the plant drawings that are usually drawn in five to ten minutes.
Ellsworth KellyShape and color are my two strong things. And by doing this, drawing plants has always led me into my paintings and my sculptures.
Ellsworth KellyI have worked to free shape from its ground, and then to work the shape so that it has a definite relationship to the space around it; so that it has a clarity and a measure within itself of its parts (angles, curves, edges and mass); and so that, with color and tonality, the shape finds its own space and always demands its freedom and separateness.
Ellsworth Kelly