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Ken Elliott
"Saccades XIII, " Abstract Landscape Painting

2019

About the Item

This abstract landscape painting by Ken Elliott features a warm palette. Made with oil paint on canvas, thin tree trunks are painted in warm umber tones with orange and yellow leaves and foliage surrounding them. The overall warm piece is 48" x 48", and is framed in a gold floater frame. Framed, it measures 49.25" x 49.25". It is signed by the artist on the bottom edge, and is wired and ready to hang. "For this piece, I wanted the yellow to be predominant but not accompanied by the usual birch or aspen tree markings," the artist says of this piece. "The idea was to create a forest with depth that allows this yellow glow surround. There isn't any sky visible and that adds to the effect of a totally yellow view into this forest. The forest ground also is aglow with a number of colors that add to the overall effect but with color that is more modern, not green grass and ground. Overall, the effect is luminous and interesting everywhere, creating an effect where the eye never completely rests on a focal point." 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:
    2019
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 49.25 in (125.1 cm)Width: 49.25 in (125.1 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Westport, CT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: KE0251stDibs: LU5445810192
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