page_title: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris
hierarchical_section_title: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris
caption_attribution_description: English: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris holds lillies before one of the gouaches in her show, "Ophelia's Gardens" at Printworks Gallery, Chicago, December 2012.
context_page_description: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris is an American symbolist painter cited as a significant surrealist, narrative figurative and feminist artist. Her numerous visual works display powerful influences of the Spanish and Native American cultures of Northern New Mexico, where she grew up. They often reference Penitentes, retablos, Kachinas and Native American fetishes and frequently incorporate themes of feminist spirituality, Indo-European mythology and personal memory.
context_section_description: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris (born July 3, 1941) is an American symbolist painter cited as a significant surrealist, narrative figurative and feminist artist. Her numerous visual works display powerful influences of the Spanish and Native American cultures of Northern New Mexico, where she grew up. They often reference Penitentes (New Mexico), retablos, Kachinas and Native American fetishes and frequently incorporate themes of feminist spirituality, Indo-European mythology and personal memory.
caption: Eleanor Spiess-Ferris celebrates opening her show, Ophelia's Garden at Printworks Chicago Gallery, December, 2012.
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