Got a Girl Crush On: Ellen Grossman, artist also known as the “adorable older lady that met Jay-Z on the subway”

1-4 Foldover/Green 9”x12”green gel pen ink on black paper 2010

2-11 Elucidation (detail)  25”x39” metallic gel pen on blue…

Got a Girl Crush On: Ellen Grossman, artist also known as the “adorable older lady that met Jay-Z on the subway”

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1-4 Foldover/Green 9”x12”green gel pen ink on black paper 2010

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2-11 Elucidation (detail)  25”x39” metallic gel pen on blue paper, 2011

Via the NY Times piece by a friend of hers:

“To what does she attribute this new found celebrity? Given the economy, the wars and talk of the end of the world, “I think the world is in the mood for a sweet, old lady,” she said.”

Yes we are!