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Ellen Faith Daniels, is a multi-media New York-based artist with both an undergraduate and graduate degree. Although supplementing her education, with years of additional study at the Art Students League, she needed to travel to Japan to finally bring her artistic spirit into focus.

This Asian influence is captured in two ways. One is through a heavy reliance on the use of sumi ink. Though the work has evolved over time, the fluid nature of sumi continues to be an integral part of her work. The second is the use of circles. As a recurrent subject, the circle, which in Japanese culture suggests wholeness as well as individualization, remains a pivotal point even in her most recent composition.

While Asia is a strong influence, she is equally influenced by contemporary western art, such predecessors as Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell, whose work relied on a neutral palette.

Daniel's work has been included in numerous gallery exhibitions in both Soho and Chelsea. Her work is in collections both in the United States and abroad.