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Ken
Elliott back to
gallery artists
 “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.”
Recent News:
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.
Four Seasons Hotel, Denver
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.
Artist Statement:
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 monotypes.
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.
Ken also exhibits in New York,
California, New Mexico, Colorado,
Georgia, and Connecticut.
Website at:
www.kenelliott.com
Follow Ken's new works
on his
Newsletter and with
monthly updates on his
Facebook Fine Art page.
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RED CURTAIN
oil on canvas 48 x 60 inches
sold
WINTERS BLUES
oil on canvas, 36 x
48
sold
SUN DOWN THE MEADOW
oil on canvas, 36 x 48
sold
AT THE MEADOWS EDGE
oil on canvas, 40 x 40
REDS AT THE CREEK
pastel, 30 3/3 x 21 7/8
SKYLINE YELLOWS AND BLUES oil on
canvas,
36 x 36
sold
SPRING, SNOW IN SHADOWS oil on
canvas,
30 X 40
sold
AUTUMN REDS
oil on canvas, 36x36
sold
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