Lisa Elley

Fall in to Autumn, Oil Painting

2017

Artist Comments
Whether it's fall, winter, spring or summer it's always time for some colorful birch! This painting is done with a palette knife, and resonates with a poetic symphony of turning leaves, crisp, bright earthy colors, and textured white bark. The sides are painted, and it is wired, ready to hang.

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: birch, nature, landscape, oil painting, fall, autumn, seasons, seasonal, winter, birches, birch trees, tree, trees, aspen, aspens, aspen trees, forest, leaves, mountains, palette knife, California, forest, earth tones, colorful, colors, impressionism, nature, representational, oil painting, orange

Fall in to Autumn
Lisa Elley
Oil painting on stretched canvas
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2017
12 in. h x 9 in. w x 1 in. d
0 lbs. 6 oz.