In: Black Velvet Series, Pastels

This piece is one of the more recent of Eleanor Dickinson’s works available for sale. It depicts a Korean woman in pastel in black velvet, demonstrating both the artist’s dedication to the human form and embrace of unpopular and unconventional materials.  Myeongsuk is the name of the model. There is a shadow of a skull in the background to remind the viewer of life’s evanescence. Her artists’ statement provides more detail on her choice of black velvet as a medium. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page forSee more details & history

In: Anatomy Series, Pastels

Eleanor Dickinson has long had a fascination with diverse bodies, often preferring elderly models to those too young to have networks of lines across their skin. This piece showcases a man’s body, allowing the pastel and the tan velvet paper to interact to give the color and texture of his skin. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on charges, paper care, and related subjects. Please note:  The price ($1,085) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standardSee more details & history

In: Animals, Pastels

Many of Eleanor Dickinson’s models got to know her cats, who wandered around during modeling sessions and occasionally deigned to pose. This piece is a particularly fresh example.  Myeongsuk is the name of the model.  It was unusual for the artist to provide a setting for her models as she does here by presenting the figure in a beach scene. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($1,085) is for the item itself,See more details & history

In: Lovers Series

Eleanor Dickinson’s Lovers Series shares intimate moments from a vast range of couples, always sharing the connection and casual relationship between two loving bodies without ever slipping into a saccharine elision of human faults. It was her commitment to precisely showcasing bodies that allowed her to show the depth of feeling between the men and women she drew. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($1,085) is for the item itself, withSee more details & history

In: Poster Series, Revival Series

One printed poster.  This is a poster for one of Eleanor Dickinson’s celebrated Revival exhibits. See her Artist’s Statement for more information on the purpose and power of that series. See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($895) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging, handling, and insurance. Estimates will be provided for the cost of any special arrangements prior to purchase. Please email us at eleanordickinsonart@gmail.com to ask questions.  Shipping fine art is a bitSee more details & history

In: Poster Series, Revival Series

One printed poster.  This is a poster for one of Eleanor Dickinson’s celebrated Revival exhibits. See her Artist’s Statement for more information on the purpose and power of that series. See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($545) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging, handling, and insurance. Estimates will be provided for the cost of any special arrangements prior to purchase. Please email us at eleanordickinsonart@gmail.com to ask questions.  Shipping fine art is a bitSee more details & history

In: Food

This piece is the original image that was used in production of The Complete Fruit Cookbook (1972). One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($895) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging, handling, and insurance. Estimates will be provided for the cost of any special arrangements prior to purchase. Please email us at eleanordickinsonart@gmail.com to ask questions.  Shipping fine art is a bit complex, so please bear with us inSee more details & history

In: Poster Series, Revival Series

One printed poster.  This poster is both a piece of art and an artifact from one of the great works of Eleanor Dickinson’s life, her documentation and depictions of Pentecostal revivals. From Eleanor Dickinson’s obituary in the Los Angeles Times: “Her body of work, which stretched from the arresting images of worshipers in revival halls to artifacts such as a snake box, signs urging repentance and a pickle jar with strychnine that true believers might drink, became so authoritative that it was housed at the Smithsonian and displayed in museumsSee more details & history

In: Biblical Series, Lovers Series, Poster Series

One printed poster.  Eleanor Dickinson’s silkscreened contour drawings of lovers was a tender and clear-eyed exploration of the human form.  Later in the artist’s career, galleries would divide this set of work into Old Lovers (focusing on the aging forms she loved for what she called their “more interesting” wrinkles and scars) and Young Lovers (which this poster depicts). See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($435) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will beSee more details & history

In: Revival Series

For decades in the middle of her career, Eleanor Dickinson visited evangelical Christian Revival tents, documenting and building relationships with the rural Pentecostal communities. Like many of her projects and media, this was not designed to be popular with the art establishment, but she felt it was important to compassionately and accurately depict misunderstood people. The title refers to the chorus of a popular hymn. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on charges, paper care, and related subjects. Please note:  The priceSee more details & history

In: Dream Series

This 1970 ink and paint piece is part of Eleanor Dickinson’s Dream series, depicting two finely-articulated hands manipulating an old-fashioned bottle. The back of this piece include notes on the inspiring dream in the artist’s own handwriting. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($895) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging, handling, and insurance. Estimates will be provided for theSee more details & history

In: Dream Series, Others

This unique piece of Eleanor Dickinson’s Dream Series is one of her few abstracts, combining dramatic, almost violent bright colors with organic shapes. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($895) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging, handling, and insurance. Estimates will be provided for the cost of any special arrangements prior to purchase. Please email us at eleanordickinsonart@gmail.com to ask questions.  Shipping fine art isSee more details & history

In: Animals, Dream Series

This 1971 depiction of pigs floating in space is a piece of Eleanor Dickinson’s dramatic Dream Series, sharing moments and memories from deep in her mind’s unconscious spaces.  Eleanor Dickinson’s husband Wade sometimes borrowed pigs from the University of California at Davis as models for her Life Drawing classes. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics Please note:  The price ($895) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging,See more details & history

In: Dream Series

This powerful image of burdened woman approaching a judge-like figure brings to mind the decades of political and social work Eleanor Dickinson interwove with her lifelong commitment to fine artistic production.  It is a part of her Dream Series. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($895) is for the item itself, with tax. $75 will be added to cover standard shipping, packaging, handling, and insurance. Estimates will be providedSee more details & history

In: Anatomy Series, Dream Series

Not for sale: Donated to California Lawyers for the Arts – by Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson Charitable Art Trust – May 2017 This Dream Series piece echoes–while inverting–the shapes of many of Eleanor Dickinson’s Crucifixion series where the feet are given massive size because of the artist’s perspective. Her fascinating with the various unlovely but all-too-human parts of the human experience, from existential pain to hairy legs, is showcased here as well. At the time she was painting this series, she was experiencing significant bone pain so the hair maySee more details & history

In: Dream Series

For many years Eleanor Dickinson documented her dreams with sketches that she then expanded to full pieces–this was her Dream Series. On the backs of some of the pieces, she included detailed notes on the meaning; in others, the view is left to imagine what inspired her. There a specificity of location in this image, through the detailing on the wall. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($895) is forSee more details & history

In: Animals

This 1978 piece shows Nina the cat, one of the many pets Eleanor Dickinson and her family members owned and loved throughout their lifetimes.  Nina had one blue eye and one green and was owned by Eleanor Dickinson’s mother. Eleanor Dickinson often retold the story of one of her first major art projects–when she was a small girl in East Tenessee, when she painted Cinder, her grandmother’s cat, to add some variety to her natural feline colors. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping andSee more details & history

In: Anatomy Series, Others

This piece created with ink and rubber cement demonstrates the drama that Eleanor Dickinson was able to draw from a limited palette, using only cream, black, and yellow to draw a nude female figure imbued with strength, vulnerability, and power.  This is one of the oldest small drawings available.  It may be a self-portrait of the artist while pregnant. One of a kind artwork.  See the About page for more information on the Art, Shipping and Additional Charges, Paper, and other topics. Please note:  The price ($1,085) is forSee more details & history

In: Books, Revival Series

Drawings and photos were made by Eleanor Dickinson at Christian evangelical revival meetings in the American South.  Other photos are of artifacts collected by the artist during the Revival project.  Titles of drawings are taken from popular hymns. One printed book.  Several copies are available. Please email us at eleanordickinsonart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a copy for $30. DetailsTitle: Revival! by Eleanor Dickinson and Barbara Benziger, published by Harper & RowSeries: booksMeasurement WxH: 8.5″×11″Primary Materials: 180 page printed book – white paper, softcover white binding, black inkBase Material: paperSigned: NoOrientation: PortraitCondition: New – Very goodSee more details & history

In: Books, Series

One printed book.  Several copies are available.  This was privately printed and illustrated with 8 drawings by Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson for her mother, Evelyn Van Gilder Creekmore – an award-winning, prominent local poet in Knoxville, Tennessee.  Poem subjects include: Nature Cinquains and Quatrains People Religious Children Animals Please email us at eleanordickinsonart@gmail.com if you are interested in purchasing a copy for $25. DetailsTitle: Day’s Journey, poems by Eleanor Creekmore Dickinson’s mother Evelyn Van Gilder Creekmore, illustrated by Eleanor Creekmore DickinsonSeries: booksMeasurement WxH: 5.5″×8.75″Primary Materials: 79 page printed book – cream paper, green hardcover binding, black inkBaseSee more details & history