Art is not a commodity rather an infinite flow of organic responses to living our lives. Personally, Ellen Hathaway’s greatest joys come from her relational roles as wife, mother, daughter, in nurturing the ones around her whom she loves. This is the catalyst for her art-making. Ellen paints in acrylic because the diversity of this medium makes it endlessly entertaining and versatile. Ellen finds New City Arts Initiative interesting in its desire to bridge conversations of a shared human condition, our unique expressions of creativity and experiences of faith.