barbaraellmann.com

barbaraellmann.com is the official website of artist Barbara Ellmann, serving as an online portfolio and browsing entry point for her work. The site presents her practice across several distinct categories: painting grids, individual paintings, abstract sewn drawings (ASD), digital prints, "game board" drawings, and "parcheesi" prints. If you want to see what Ellmann makes or get a sense of her range as an artist, this is the place to start.

What the site covers

The homepage identifies the site by the artist's name and lists the bodies of work it contains. Based on the site's own description, the categories are:

The grouping matters because it shows the site is not limited to one medium. Painting, sewn drawing, digital print, and game-referencing work all sit side by side, which suggests a practice that moves between hand-made and digital processes and between abstraction and recognizable game structures.

How to use the site

Treat barbaraellmann.com as a viewing and orientation tool rather than a shop or database:

• To see the work: browse the listed categories to move between series and get a sense of how the pieces relate.
• To understand the range: compare a painting grid against an abstract sewn drawing or a digital print to see where the media diverge.
• To identify a specific series: the category names — especially "abstract sewn drawings (ASD)" and "parcheesi" prints — act as labels you can use when referring to or searching for the work elsewhere.

What the site does not tell you

The available site information describes the categories of work but does not include pricing, purchasing options, or login requirements. Nothing in the source material indicates whether works are for sale, whether prints are editioned, or whether any part of the site is restricted. If you need those details, they would have to come from the site itself or from the artist directly — they cannot be assumed from the category list alone.

Who this is for

This site is most useful if you are:

• trying to confirm that barbaraellmann.com belongs to the artist Barbara Ellmann;
• looking for an overview of her media and series before digging deeper;
• researching an artist whose work spans painting, sewn drawing, and digital print.

If you already know which series you want, the category list is the fastest way to orient yourself; if you are new to the work, start with the individual paintings and the abstract sewn drawings to see the two ends of her range.

barbaraellmann.com is the official site of artist Barbara Ellmann, and it organizes her work into named categories rather than a single gallery. According to the site's own description, those categories are: Painting Grids, Individual Paintings, Abstract Sewn Drawings (ASD), Digital Prints, "Game Board" Drawings, and "Parcheesi" Prints. If you already know which of these you want to see, go straight to that category; if you don't, the list itself is the fastest way to decide, because each name signals a distinct medium or format.

Start with the category list, not the images

The site presents its work as a set of labeled series. That matters for navigation: you are not scrolling one continuous portfolio, you are choosing between bodies of work that differ in process and output.

How to tell series work from individual work

The distinction is built into the labels, so use them literally:

• Series work is named as a system — Painting Grids, Abstract Sewn Drawings, "Game Board" Drawings, "Parcheesi" Prints. Expect recurring structure across multiple pieces.
• Individual Paintings is the category for one-off paintings. If a work isn't part of a named series, this is where it belongs.

A practical rule: if you are researching a process (grids, sewing, game-board logic), open the series categories. If you are looking at a single painting on its own terms, open Individual Paintings.

Using the site as a navigation entry point

Treat barbaraellmann.com as an index rather than a feed:

1. Read the category names first and pick the medium you care about — painting, sewn drawing, or print.
2. Open that category and look at the works as a group before judging any single piece, since series work is meant to be read together.
3. Cross over to a related category when a process interests you — for example, from "Game Board" Drawings to "Parcheesi" Prints, since both draw on board-game imagery.
4. If you arrived looking for a specific known work rather than a category, start with Individual Paintings, then check the series categories.

Common sticking points

• Expecting a conventional online shop or gallery flow. The site is organized by artwork category, not by price, availability, or checkout. Nothing in the site's description indicates pricing or purchasing options, so don't assume a buying path exists.
• Confusing ASD with painting. Abstract Sewn Drawings are a separate category from the paintings; if you want thread and stitching, stay in ASD.
• Treating the prints as one group. Digital Prints, "Game Board" Drawings, and "Parcheesi" Prints are listed separately, so check each rather than assuming one print section covers all of them.

If your goal is simply to see what Barbara Ellmann makes, the category list is the answer: six named bodies of work spanning painting, sewn drawing, and digital print. Pick by medium or by process, and the site's own labels will take you to the right set.

Barbara Ellmann's website organizes her work into six named categories: Painting Grids, Individual Paintings, Abstract Sewn Drawings (ASD), Digital Prints, 'Game Board' Drawings, and 'Parcheesi' Prints. These labels describe distinct bodies of work rather than a single style — the site presents them as separate sections, so each name signals a different medium, format, or process. Below is what each category refers to based on how it is presented on the site.

Painting Grids vs. Individual Paintings

These two categories sit next to each other on the site, which suggests they are related but not interchangeable.

• Painting Grids points to works built on a grid structure — the grid is the organizing principle, so the composition is likely repeated, modular, or systematic across the surface.
• Individual Paintings points to standalone works — single, self-contained paintings rather than a series unified by a grid format.

In short: "Painting Grids" describes a format or system; "Individual Paintings" describes single works. If you are browsing the site, expect the grid section to show works that read as part of a set, and the individual section to show one-off pieces.

Abstract Sewn Drawings (ASD)

The abbreviation ASD stands for Abstract Sewn Drawings. The name itself carries the key information:

• Abstract — non-representational, not depicting recognizable objects.
• Sewn — thread and stitching are part of how the work is made, not just paint on a surface.
• Drawings — the works are positioned as drawings, which usually implies line, mark, and gesture rather than dense, fully covered painted fields.

So this category is a hybrid: it uses sewing as a drawing method. If you want to understand the medium, look for visible stitching and thread lines functioning the way drawn lines would.

Digital Prints

Digital Prints indicates works produced or reproduced through digital printing. This is a separate medium category from the paintings and sewn drawings, so treat it as its own group when browsing — the surface and production method differ from the hand-made works.

'Game Board' Drawings and 'Parcheesi' Prints

These two categories are named with quotation marks around "Game Board" and "Parcheesi," which signals that the game reference is a motif or organizing idea rather than literal board games.

• 'Game Board' Drawings — drawings that borrow the structure or visual language of a game board (grids, tracks, cells, paths).
• 'Parcheesi' Prints — prints that reference Parcheesi, a classic board game. The connection to the "Game Board" drawings is likely thematic: both draw on board-game geometry and rules.

Note that one is a drawing category and the other a print category, so the medium differs even though the game reference overlaps.

Quick reference

How to use this when browsing the site

If you are trying to find a specific kind of work, use the category name as your filter:

1. Want structured, repeating compositions → Painting Grids.
2. Want a single, complete painting → Individual Paintings.
3. Want textile-based, stitched abstract work → Abstract Sewn Drawings (ASD).
4. Want printed rather than hand-made surfaces → Digital Prints or 'Parcheesi' Prints.
5. Want drawings with a game-like logic → 'Game Board' Drawings.

The site lists these as its main headings, so the categories are the most reliable way to navigate the work. Where a term is ambiguous — for example, whether a "Digital Print" is an original digital work or a reproduction — the site's own section is the place to check, since the labels above are drawn from how the work is presented there.

Barbara Ellmann's work is connected by a consistent set of structural concerns—grids, game-board geometry, and abstraction—that move across painting, sewn drawing, and printmaking rather than staying fixed in one medium. Her website organizes the work into distinct series: Painting Grids, Individual Paintings, Abstract Sewn Drawings (ASD), Digital Prints, 'Game Board' Drawings, and 'Parcheesi' Prints. If you want to understand the through-line, look at how the same visual vocabulary reappears in different materials.

The grid as the shared foundation

The grid is the clearest link across the series. It appears as:

• Painting Grids — the grid as an organizing structure for painted surfaces
• 'Game Board' Drawings — the grid as a field of play, borrowing from board-game layouts
• Abstract Sewn Drawings — the grid translated into stitched line and thread

In each case the grid is not just a background pattern but a system that determines where marks, colors, or stitches can go. That shared logic is what makes the separate series read as one body of work.

From sewn drawing to digital print

The Abstract Sewn Drawings (ASD) and Digital Prints represent a shift in medium rather than a shift in intent. The sewn works build images through physical thread and fabric; the digital prints carry related abstract compositions into a printed format. The connection is compositional: the same interest in line, repetition, and structured abstraction survives the change from hand-stitched surface to digital output.

Game-board themes across painting and print

The 'Game Board' Drawings and 'Parcheesi' Prints show the most explicit thematic pairing. Both draw on the visual language of board games—tracks, grids, and repeated units—but distribute it differently:

The 'Parcheesi' prints extend the game reference into printmaking, while the 'Game Board' drawings keep it in a drawing format. Together they show how a single source of imagery can be reworked across media.

How to see the connections yourself

1. Open barbaraellmann.com and locate the series headings listed on the site.
2. Compare one work from Painting Grids with one from Abstract Sewn Drawings—note how the grid structure holds in both.
3. Look at a 'Game Board' Drawing alongside a 'Parcheesi' Print to see the game motif carried from drawing into print.
4. Check the Digital Prints section for abstract compositions that echo the sewn works.

The takeaway: Barbara Ellmann's series are not separate projects but variations on recurring structural ideas—grid, game, and abstraction—expressed through painting, sewing, drawing, and print.