Ellen Keene
Ellen P. Keene fell in love with ceramics in the second grade when she made her first pinch pot. She went on to study ceramics at Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1986 she moved to NYC to study acting, eventually landing in Vermont where she worked in regional theaters and toured New England with The Folk and Fairytale Project of CenterStage, which she co-founded.
After several devastating personal setbacks, she began working in clay again, this time as a practice of healing and prayer. Sculpting alone in her attic, Ellen made a profound connection to the Divine Feminine, especially through Interfaith Mary and The Virgin of Guadalupe.
In 2010, she founded Devotional Heart, making and selling images and figurines for prayer, self-reflection, and connection with the Divine. Her training as an actor infuses her clay portraits and bas-reliefs with deep feeling and emotional expression.
Ellen is grateful to have studied sculpture with master teachers Amanda J. Sisk, Phillipe Faraut, and Zoe Dufour, and the painting of Byzantine icons with Dimitri Andreyev. She seeks to serve the Greater Good as a channel for Divine Love and Light to shine into the world.
