Lisa Elley

Monterey Magic, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
Artist Lisa Elley displays an impression of a breezy coastal seascape on a beautiful summer's day. She draws inspiration from one of her plein air painting trips to the coastal town of Monterey in California. "The view across the bay is a majestic vista, with clear pacific waters and mighty cypress trees," describes Lisa. She paints the elegant piece with rich impasto using palette knives.

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: Monterey, Monterrey, Carmel, bay area, San Francisco, plein air, coast, beach, beaches, coastal, impasto, palette knife, summer, seascape, season, trees, small, texture, impressionism, wave, water, impressionism, seascape, oil painting

Monterey Magic
Lisa Elley
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2023
9 in. h x 12 in. w x 1 in. d
0 lbs. 6 oz.