Eleanor Croteau-LaBranche

Eleanor Croteau-LaBranche (b. 1990, Manchester, NH) creates painted-paper collages that explore themes of nature, transformation, and light. Her work draws inspiration from surrealism, spiritual experiences, and poetry.

Her intricate cut-paper collages are printed and layered to create a textured, iridescent surface that is both three-dimensional and luminous. While her subjects are primarily plant-based, she often incorporates symbols such as windows, seeds, and stars. These works explore sunlight-dappled, transitional spaces, reflecting on the immeasurable distance between life and death—and, more intriguingly, the passage from death into life again. Her pieces evoke themes of mystery, loss, and hope. As Croteau-LaBranche states, “I feel an access to something universal when painting these rising and illuminated plants, whom I wish to give a hum all their own.”

Originally from Southern New Hampshire, Croteau-LaBranche now lives in Manchester with her husband and energetic toddler. She holds a BFA from The New Hampshire Institute of Art and teaches Visual Art full-time to elementary school students in Exeter, NH.

Eleanor’s work was featured in ‘Here & There,’ on view March 14-30, 2025.

Join us on Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30 pm et for an Artist Talk with Eleanor Croteau-LaBranche to learn about her artworks on view, studio process, and what being an artist means to her. Join us via Google Meet for an intimate conversation and Q&A session!

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Eleanor’s work was featured in ‘Group Effort,’ on view August 10-September 1, 2024.

“This work combines the vibrant spontaneity of gelli-printing with the meticulous detail of paper cutting to create a hand-made collage that invites viewers to explore profound universal questions; suggesting that the answers we seek are found not by looking outwards, but by turning inwards.”

“My layered-paper painting “Waiting on the Edge of Everything” presents a flower as a multi-dimensional being straddling the planes of dark and light, or life and death.”

Eleanor’s work was featured in ‘Critical Mass,’ on view August 12-27, 2023.

Eleanor Croteau-LaBranche