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Preview the Nov 6, 2008 exhibition
Yellows at the Meadow Edge
oil, 36 x 48
Creek Yellows
oil, 36x36
Wet Path, Autumn
oil, 48 x 48
Yellow Surprise, oil
48 x 60
To the Purple Side of the
Lake
Oil 48 x 48
Autumn Bold, Oil 36 x 36
Big Pond and Sky, Oil 40 x 60
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Ken Elliott
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“Typically, I’m trying to use brighter colors than are found in nature,
but still seem believable to me. I am also balancing different elements
in my work to make a more interesting scene. Whistler said, ‘I’m
improving on nature.’ That is very close to what goes on when I am
working. It is very much a chess game. There is a lot of
deliberating, chance-taking and moving pieces around.”
From a young age, Ken was exposed to the fine arts while working in
high-end framing and fine art galleries. Through this period, he
developed a strong sense of what he felt was important and interesting
in art. However, it was when Ken moved to California that he found
within himself a strong desire to create it himself.
Surrounded by the beauty of the Californian landscape he began to study
and teach himself how to work in pastels and oils. After a few
years of working on his own, he was accepted into the Santa Fe Art
Institute Masters painting classes taught by Wolf Kahn. There he
was exposed to the philosophies and underlying methods to making fine
art, allowing him to further mature as an artist.
Using colors that are harmonious and tranquil to bright and energetic,
Ken’s range of pallets beautifully expresses the fiery colors of autumn,
the grandness of a sunset, the quiet of a valley or an intimate wood.
Influenced by impressionism and fauvism, Ken’s work contains a full
array of brilliant clear colors and patterned imagery, yet they still
have a soft edge of impressionism to them. For Ken, composition, color,
and an element of truth are the substance of his work.
Ken enjoys working in oil, pastel, and the unique process of image
transfer. Ken also has several of his images available in limited
edition giclée prints. He is very meticulous in their production
so that each print carries the beauty and elegance of an original.
Ken has worked in Texas, California, New Mexico, and photographed in
Europe. Now he enjoys working and living in Colorado where he is
inspired by beautiful landscapes and four full seasons.
Arden’s has represented Ken Elliott’s work since the early 90’s. Ken
also shows his work in California, Colorado, Georgia, Connecticut, and
Colorado. Website at:
www.kenelliott.com
Recent News:
Current magazine articles:
American Art Collector Magazine, June 2008 excerpt: "Total Arts
Gallery is beginning its 39th year as Taos' preeminent
destination gallery. ...the gallery is happy to announce the new
addition of painter Ken Elliott. Elliott's canvases display the
strikingly vivid modern hues in which he chooses to render his
contemporary landscapes."
Colorado Expression Magazine, June-July 2008
Fryberger Art Consulting article, with illustration of "Blue
Wall" oil, 40x40 inches.
Recent Collections:
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Denver, Colorado has selected Ken's
giclees for their guest rooms.
His recent oil "Colorful Progression VI" has been installed at
the Mayo Clinic.
His art has been included in two new books:
The Artful Home by Toni Sikes website The Fine Art of Wall
Design by Suzanne Gallagher.
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Into the Woods, Monotype
Green Curtain,
pastel 21 1/4
x 30 14 |
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Sunset Pond, Pastel
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