Lisa Elley

Summer Peonies, Oil Painting

2021

Artist Comments
Inspired by nature's blooms, artist Lisa Elley rendered this piece solely with the use of a palette knife. She creates thick tangible textures, leaping off the canvas with her signature deep impasto style. Vivid pink peonies blossom against a contrast of deep green hues. "In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous," quotes Lisa from the well-known Greek philosopher, Aristotle.

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: summer, peonies, peony, flowers, floral, flora, Monet, impressionism, garden, bouquet, impressionism, flora, oil painting, green, pink

Summer Peonies
Lisa Elley
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
9 in. h x 12 in. w x 1 in. d
0 lbs. 6 oz.