By Her Hand

By Her Hand bears witness and pays homage to Ellen’s immigrant family legacy. Her mother was a holocaust survivor who, on liberation from one of the most barbarous of the Nazi extermination centers, forged a new and remarkably normal life from the meager remnants of her familial past. Courage is what others can't see, what is never affirmed.   It is made of what you have thrown away and then come back for.        - Leonard Cohen

Listen to Ellen describing the story of By Her Hand

This work is part of our exhibit Our Mothers Ourselves: Legacies that Shape Us
The exhibit was shown at the Harvey Milk Photo Center in spring 2023 and 
is now scheduled for MIAD Galleries in Milwaukee, Wi for fall 2025
Through Fog

There is an old adage that “to find truth, one must travel through dense fog”.  Ellen’s parents' resilience and determination brought them through the fog that had swallowed Europe and allowed them to find sanctuary in the U.S. and build a new life for themselves and generations to come.  
Outgrowth
Outgrowth
Sanctuary
Sanctuary
Escape
Escape
Peace reigns
Peace reigns
Blooming
Blooming
Through the gate
Through the gate

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