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My studio practice revolves around drawing from observation, distilling ideas, and examining how a place can be translated into an abstract image. I experiment with the repetition of a simple line and how it can generate relationships. My work often references specific elements of ways we study the natural world, as well as broader concepts. In these circle drawings, I think about the incremental growth of tree rings, in addition to how we gradually increase the knowledge of our local area, building up that awareness through curiosity and time.

-- Eleanor Jensen '01

Eleanor Jensen received her BA from Carleton College and her MFA in printmaking from Illinois State University. She currently teaches drawing classes in the art department, organizes the Carleton Drawing Club, and will direct the next South Pacific Art Seminar (in 2023).