Honoring The Journey

A Legacy of Art and Giving

Elaine Weiner-Reed creates from a place of conviction, compassion, and bold, full-color joy. As a visual artist and writer, she moves through the world fully engaged—attentive to people, stories, and the quiet moments that reveal who we are. She greets every person with respect and openness, believing that any encounter may hold the spark of a new and meaningful connection. For her, creativity and community are intertwined; every relationship, every shared moment, has significance.

Weiner-Reed’s artworks are born from these lived connections. When they leave the studio, they don’t simply change hands—they return to the wider world that shaped them. In new homes, her pieces gather additional layers of meaning, enter fresh conversations, and build bridges between viewers. This ongoing dialogue between artist, artwork, and community is the soul of her practice. Connection isn’t an abstract ideal for Weiner-Reed—it is the animating force behind everything she creates.

Her art is inseparable from her purpose. Guided by faith, gratitude, and a deep sense of responsibility, Weiner-Reed strives to leave a positive mark on the world. Creativity, for her, is an act of service as much as expression—an invitation to reflect, to feel, and to engage with one another more generously.

That spirit of service extends beyond the canvas. With every sale, she donates a minimum of ten percent of proceeds to charitable causes, often including the organizations most meaningful to her collectors. She sees each exchange as a shared act of generosity—an opportunity to “force multiply” good and expand the reach of compassion through art.

When you collect her work, you become part of that legacy. You’re not only bringing home a piece of art that speaks to you—you’re joining a larger movement of connection, gratitude, and impact. Her artworks continue their journey through you: inspiring conversations, enriching spaces, and fueling real-world change.

If something in her work resonates with you, follow that tug. Let the piece you love become part of your story—and part of the good this artist is committed to spreading. Through every collector, every home, and every shared cause, the ripple grows.

TRIBUTES to Everyday Heroes

Elaine Weiner-Reed’s “Masks and Mirrors - Explorations of Identity” collection honors the human spirit in all its colors, resiliency, and fortitude. Her work is an excavation into the psychology of relationships - from the inside, out. Focusing on unraveling the complexity and mystery of human emotion, choices, motivations, and behavior, she features the individual within or outside of a group dynamic. Weiner-Reed seeks answers to life’s riddles and challenges using the tools of an artist to document her findings, leave clues, and mark the path. Focused on transience and imperfection, some themes that run through her work are telling the unknown or hidden stories. With analytic precision and an intuitive soul, she explores the evolution of one’s identity in all its layers - from glimpses in the mirror to introspection across time, highlighting facets of each character’s solitary existence within an increasingly globalized world.

Elaine Weiner-Reed honors the individual spirit and personal history of different individuals, envisioning their stories as pictorial medleys evolving as their worlds turn. Monuments to life, her creations resurrect feelings of transcendence, mystery, and hope. Finding beauty in the unfinished, her expressive abstract figurative work focuses on relationship dynamics and everyday or chance encounters as they impact identity. She lets the form and placement of figures imply subsurface content and emotion.

“Life is messy, unfinished, and beautiful.”

- Elaine Weiner-Reed ® TM ©

every painting is a song | EVERY PAINTING IS A storY

ART SPEAKS VOLUMES

Visual Acoustics

Metal, Welded Assemblages

I was inspired to create this new series thanks to the music created LIVE in my Gallery exhibition (Summer 2018). Five original Structured Improvisational pieces paired to my original paintings and sculptures (Talking Story, The Gathering - Still Waiting, Mirror Mirror, Vision Quest, Resurrection, and Chance Encounters) were created by gifted musicians from Rogue Collective.

I hope you enjoy this new sculpture series, “Visual Acoustics.” See the music, just as you “hear” my paintings and sculptures!

Skipping a Beat

24H x 14W x 14D inches

This sculpture was the third one I made based on drawings in my sketchbook - inspired by the 6 June 2018 “Every Painting is a Song” event during my “Masks and Mirrors - Explorations of Identity” solo exhibition at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

Skipping a Beat (view 2)

24H x 14W x 14D inches

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Heart Strings

10H x 6W x 6D inches

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This small sculpture was the first one I made based on drawings in my sketchbook - inspired by the 6 June 2018 “Every Painting is a Song” event during my “Masks and Mirrors - Explorations of Identity” solo exhibition at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts.

Heart Strings (View 2)

10H x 6W x 6D inches

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Give It All You Got

My fourth musical instrument-inspired assemblage/sculpture.

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Give It All You Got

My fourth metal art assemblage/sculpture in the series.

How does it sound to you…?

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Undercurrents Collection

WORKS ON PAPER

Reading a room...sometimes it fairly crackles with energy. There are always backstories and undercurrents, more than meets the eye, reading between the lines, subtext….

What lies beneath, behind, and in-between?