Vertical Art
Late 19th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
Mid-18th Century Old Masters Interior Prints
Engraving, Etching
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Oil
1960s Realist Landscape Prints
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Black and White Photography
Giclée
1920s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1950s Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints
Engraving, Lithograph
Artist Comments
Artist Jo Galang says this piece was inspired by a lovely bouquet she received from her son and his girlfriend on Mother's Day. "It was so beautiful, and the ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Screen
2010s Conceptual Abstract Prints
Photographic Film, Giclée, Archival Pigment
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Offset
1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Paper, Oil
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Tempera, Archival Paper
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Prints
Lithograph
1940s American Impressionist Figurative Prints
Offset
Artist Comments
A thickly textured palette knife painting of an old saguaro cactus standing against a blooming spring desert backdrop. "This painting was inspired by the incredible Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California," shares artist Lisa Elley. "It's where the Colorado and Mojave Deserts collide with amazing vistas and dazzling flowers."
About the Artist
Working almost exclusively with a palette knife, Lisa Elley maneuvers her artistic blade with an uncanny fluidity. Why paint only with the knife? She says, "when I paint with a brush, which I do occasionally, I tend to focus on the detail. With a palette knife I can't focus on the detail too much, so my paintings are looser, and more gestural, with bigger sweeps and strokes." This technique is called wet-on-wet. And it seems to be quite popular, as she has been bestowed the title "Knife Queen" by her facebook fans. Fun fact: Lisa's high school art teacher told her to study harder at math, as a career in art was "impossible."
Words that describe this painting: desert, Mojave, flowers, floral, spring, cactus, sun, mountains, sky, landscape, California, Joshua Tree, impressionism, landscape, western, representational, oil painting, purple
Desert Bloom...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art
Oil
1940s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Oil
2010s Realist Landscape Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1970s Modern Prints and Multiples
Lithograph
1960s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Etching
1960s Modern Nude Photography
Black and White
1980s Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Early 20th Century Victorian Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Acrylic
1980s Neo-Expressionist Abstract Prints
Linocut
Late 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Early 17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1960s American Modern Abstract Prints
Lithograph
Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color
1980s Pop Art More Art
Offset
2010s Neo-Expressionist Animal Paintings
Oil, Wood Panel
Early 18th Century Portrait Paintings
Oil
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Oil
2010s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Screen
Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Prints
Etching
16th Century Old Masters Paintings
Oil
2010s Contemporary Portrait Prints
Archival Pigment
1950s Modern Portrait Paintings
Oil
1950s Surrealist Prints and Multiples
Lithograph, Stencil
2010s Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Oil, Canvas
2010s Photorealist Still-life Paintings
Canvas, Oil
1910s American Modern Figurative Prints
Lithograph
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings
Masonite, Oil
2010s Neo-Expressionist Portrait Paintings
Watercolor, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
1980s Pop Art Prints and Multiples
Offset, Lithograph
1980s Pop Art Portrait Prints
Offset
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1970s Contemporary Figurative Photography
Lithograph
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Oil
1910s Prints and Multiples
Paper, Linen, Lithograph
Late 18th Century French School Portrait Paintings
Oil
1980s Surrealist More Prints
Lithograph
1970s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Engraving
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Woodcut
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Canvas, Acrylic
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Canvas, Oil