ELLEN WEIDER / PAINTINGS (second edition) is a 12 x 12 inch-square hardcover book containing full-page photographs on heavyweight, glossy paper of eighty-one paintings capturing in exquisite detail every aspect of Weider’s work. Her paintings, prints, and drawings have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and are included in many art collections.

Weider’s images float in an undefined, ambiguous space. Some suggest houses, buildings, rooms, and other architectural or geometric structures. The structures sometimes evoke human presence and human interactions and can also be seen as metaphors for internal states of being. Other works employ organic and geometric forms that create a similar effect. Themes of isolation and connection are also explored. Weider’s paintings can be interpreted as pure abstractions or as self-contained narratives. An ironic humor with a meditative, existential, transcendental bent informs them.