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"Elliott's
masterful canvases do not depict Victorian women in long dresses clutching
parasols or water lilies floating in Giverney, France. Rather, they
focus upon the natural landscapes of New England, exploring the deep
connection between color and light in Connecticut's cultivated gardens
and wild countryside."
- Opulence Magazine
"I'm compelled to paint and bring light and color intimately
together." she says. "My vision as an artist is to see and
translate to the world the visual wonders of nature and to lift the
spirit to a place of peace and contentment." - the Artist
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Elliott began studying color when she started painting.
"I learned right from the start that color is relative,"
she comments. As a result, she thinks carefully about her colors and
plans many of her paintings before she begins. "It's important
for me to exaggerate the colors of nature because it's art-it makes
things beautiful," she says, echoing Chevreul's maxim.
"When I choose a subject, I'm already thinking of opposites,"
the artist continues. "For example, if it's a plein air subject
with lots of yellows, I choose a color opposite the yellows, such
as a magenta or purple. Then I'll do a loose sketch in acrylic, blocking
in the canvas with that color." color opposites are also key
in Elliott's still lifes. "If I paint the whole background one
color, it doesn't look truthful," she explains. When there is
light coming from one source, she exaggerates the colors to enhance
their opposite.
- Cristopher Willard, American
Artist, March 2001 |
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