The Change 001

The Change 001, 2025   36 x 48 in   Acrylic on primed canvas   At first glance, The Change 001 feels celestial, anchored by a radiant white starburst radiating from a soft, sky-blue core. But as you linger, the story deepens. Beneath the rich navy surface lie buried layers, faint markings, subtle erasures, and symbols that echo both memory and motion. Some shapes are deliberate. Others feel like ghosts. All of them matter.   This piece is a mirror of transformation. Of covering, revealing, scratching, and reworking. Just like life.   Ellis created this work as an ode to change—not the kind found in grand moments, but the quiet, unseen shifts that happen within us every day. What we once loved, we now leave behind. What we thought defined us, evolves. And through it all, we continue trying to make sense of the whole.   For Ellis, whose life is governed by routine and structure, abstract art is his rebellion. His liberation. His space to not have the answers—and to invite you not to have