Ken Elliott
"Study, Highland Green, " Framed Landscape Pastel Painting
1993

Name: "Study, Highland Green, " Framed Landscape Pastel Painting
Brand: Ken Elliott
Price: 2000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

This pastel landscape painting by Ken Elliott features and cool blue and green palette. It depicts green trees in the foreground, with blue hills in the background. The ground in between the foreground and background is a warm yellow-pink color, adding a warm accent to the piece. The piece itself is 9.75" x 14" (17" x 21" framed). It is made with pastel on sanded paper, matted and framed in a gold frame. It is signed by the artist in the lower right-hand corner of the piece, and is wired and ready to hang. Ken Elliott is an abstract landscape artist based in Colorado, whose work is included in private collections internationally. His painting titled Light Moving Across, is on loan with the Art in Embassies program and is on display in an American Embassy abroad. "My focus is the landscape and it's rich store of ideas and inspiration," Ken says. "I am compelled to work from the trees, skies, lakes and streams in their endless variations. I don’t try to recreate nature (even Monet said he never got it right) or attempt storytelling. Instead, the works are simplifications and exaggerations of nature. There was a time when I felt the tyranny of the landscape. That is, I felt limited by making pictures of a place. Now, instead of making pictures, I am free to make paintings - art that comes from nature but is far more reliant on the strategies of making good art objects. "Fortunately, I’ve learned that what some would call mistakes are part of the creative process. So, I try to begin boldly, not worrying about mistakes, using more color than might exist in nature, and varying the types of chroma and marks. During the process, I allow my vision and the inevitable missteps to become a part of the emerging image. Some of these missteps will be eliminated and the more delicious ones are incorporated into the process as unintended surprises. "Tomorrow in the studio, new oils and pastels will emerge. The fun of it all is that sometimes the pastels become new oils, oils morph into different pastels or prints. All of nature is altered, perfected and abstracted. When I run out of variations to an idea, I’ll go back to nature where all the inspirations and colors for a lifetime are always waiting.” About Sorelle Gallery: Sorelle Gallery is a woman-owned fine art gallery and art advisory firm located in Westport, Connecticut. Representing nearly fifty artists, Sorelle carries a wide variety of art styles from modern abstract to impressionistic landscapes, and more. Sorelle's mission is to not only support the emerging and established artists they represent, but to help clients curate their own spaces, invest confidently, and buy what they love.

Creator:

Ken Elliott (American)

Creation Year:

1993

Dimensions:

Height: 17 in (43.18 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm)

Medium:

Paper,Oil Pastel

Movement & Style:

American Impressionist

Period:

2010-