If you perceive a thing as ugly then you must consider it further and allow its beauty into your world. Sunflower Leaf 2, graphite on paper, 6 x 8in (15.24 x 20.32cm), 2013 $200 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2013

We are entangled and intersect in meaningful places. Strands, graphite on paper, 22.5x 30in (57.15x76.2cm), 2012 $2000 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2012

All life is exhausted still, the struggle is engaged. Olympia, graphite on paper, 36 x 58.5in (91.44 x 148.59cm), 2012 $4000 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2012

Thoughts and words cannot exist one without the other. They are a preparation for creativity. Inspire/Expire, graphite on paper,25 x 44in (55.88 x 104.14cm), 25 x 44in framed, 2008 $3000 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2008

Our hands and hearts move in concert with each other infused with inspiration. Arabesque, Graphite on Paper, 33 x 25in (83.82x63.5cm), $1000

Repose in dry grasses the shroud of an empty oath. Aesclepius Unbound, graphite on paper, 12x15in (30.48 x 38.1cm), framed 27 x 30in, 2012 $1000 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2012

Creative energy gives its light to the world and is not concerned with physical rewards. Hyperion, graphite, graphite powder and gold leaf on paper, 20 x 16in (50.8 x 40.64cm), 2012 $2000 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2012

A woman is an intricate composition of worthy talents and hidden strengths. Elle, graphite on paper, 40x32in (101.6 x 81.28cm); framed Private Collection © copyright Ellen Gaube 2012

We enter our place of creativity and we are lit from within our spirits are in motion. Hygeia, graphite on paper, 24 x 18in (60.96 x 45.72cm), 2012 $2000 framed © copyright Ellen Gaube 2017

E Gaube, L-ove, graphite, 11x8.5in (27.94x21.6cm), 2018 $100.00 © copyright Ellen Gaube 2018