Lisa Elley

Feeling like Paris, Oil Painting

2019

Artist Comments
This painting is part of Lisa Elley's newest series using a "deep impasto" technique. The paint is applied in thick strokes, creating a very sculptural effect. In a short time, Lisa has received acclaim for the series. This year, she was selected out of hundreds of artists to be Wente Vineyards's artist in residence. Pieces from her Deep Impasto series will be featured throughout the year on their top releases.

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: peonies, spring, flowers, floral, flora, non-representational, oil painting, pink

Feeling like Paris
Lisa Elley
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind

2019
10 in. h x 10 in. w x 1.5 in. d
0 lbs. 6 oz.