Ken Elliot works with oil paints and pastels to bring abstracted scenes of nature to life. The Colorado artist’s frequently luminous landscape paintings, which feature trees, rivers, lakes, mountains and skies, ripple with energy. Elliot finds endless inspiration in the variation of the world around him, and the prolific colorist’s works are held in thousands of personal and private collections.
Elliot didn't begin painting until late in life. In 1967, he graduated from the University of Houston, where he studied art and advertising. His subsequent jobs as an art restorer, a picture framer and an art dealer in Texas exposed him to many styles and a range of mediums. Finally, in 1987, Elliot moved to San Francisco to embark on a painting career. He started by painting breathtaking sunlit scenes of Texas and California.
After a few years of teaching himself new skills and techniques, Elliot was accepted into a master class at the Santa Fe Art Institute. The class was taught by acclaimed painter Wolf Kahn — who studied with the legendary teacher and Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann — and Kahn’s insights have since proven indispensable for Elliot.
Elliot currently lives in Colorado, where he continues to create more Impressionistic landscapes. Sometimes he isn’t merely working on one painting — the artist usually has a number of works going at once and has said that the paintings can inspire one another. Elliot regularly exhibits at galleries in Colorado, New Mexico, Connecticut, Texas and New York.
On 1stDibs, find Ken Elliot prints, paintings, watercolors and more.
"Colors in the Breeze 1, " Abstract Landscape Painting
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This striking original oil painting by Colorado-based artist Ken Elliott captures the emotive rhythm and chromatic energy of a wooded landscape rendered in motion. Layers of rich pig...
Canvas, Oil
"Tangerine Evening II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a landscape with the sun just along the horizon. The painting has an impres...
Digital, Giclée
$1,200
"Light Emerging - Diffused Blue, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 18" x 24"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape limited edition giclee print by Ken Elliott features abstracted trees in a cool-toned palette. The energetic blue and violet brush strokes that m...
Digital, Giclée
"Lake Haze - Yellow, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a predominately cool violet palette, which is offset by the warm yellow trees in the foreground, which are refle...
Digital, Giclée
"Light Moving Through II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott is made with oil paint features a forest scene with a bold, contrasting palette of cool, deep blues that are accented by ...
Digital, Giclée
"Lake Haze - Yellow, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a predominately cool palette, which is offset by the warm yellow trees in the foreground, which are reflected in...
Digital, Giclée
"Reluctant Sunset II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool blue and violet palette, capturing rolling hills underneath thick, hazy clouds, with contras...
Digital, Giclée
"Tangerine Evening II, " Abstract Landscape Oil Painting
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
Ken Elliott’s masterful handling of color and form transforms a peaceful landscape into a glowing, radiant experience. In this original oil painting, the horizon splits a luminous la...
Canvas, Oil
"Tangerine Evening II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a landscape with the sun just along the horizon. The painting has an impres...
Digital, Giclée
"Sun on Snow II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a silver floater frame ...
Digital, Giclée
"Glittering Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape limited edition print depicts a forest, with trees with thin trunks in the foreground, and leaves that seem to incorporate almost every color. Bursts...
Digital, Giclée
"Haze in the Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 45"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool violet-blue palette, capturing an abstracted scene of a forest in the winter. The trees are depicted in s...
Digital, Giclée
"At the Creek's Edge, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Light Moving Through II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott is made with oil paint features a forest scene with a bold, contrasting palette of cool, deep blues that are accented by ...
Digital, Giclée
"Yellow Winds II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a forest-scape with bright yellow tree leaves which are mirrored by the yellow foreground, all of which is complemented by the light violet shadows between the trees and light...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades III, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 18" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features multi-colored tree trunks and foliage extend from the bottom of the canvas up to the top, with a ra...
Digital, Giclée
"Reluctant Sunset I, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool blue and violet palette, capturing hills underneath thick clouds, with contrasting accents of warm yellow...
Digital, Giclée
"Sun Behind the Foothills, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 60"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Sun on Snow II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a silver floater frame ...
Digital, Giclée
"At the Creek's Edge, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
Expressionistic landscape oil painting 'Colors in the Breeze IV'
By Ken Elliott
Located in White Plains, NY
Available at Madelyn Jordon Fine Art. 'Colors in the Breeze IV' 2023 by American artist, Ken Elliott. Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 in. / Frame: 37.75 x 37.75 in. This painting of a forest incorporates a palette of colors in green, purple, yellow, pink, and blue. Framed in a gold painted frame. Colorado based artist Ken Elliott, focuses on the western landscape and its rich store of ideas and inspiration. Painting rural scenery, the artist does not try to recreate nature or attempt storytelling but instead, wields color boldly, creating vibrant, contemporary landscapes that are both animated and peaceful. Early in his career, he was a student of Wolf Kahn, who inspired his work. Since 1988, Elliott’s work has been exhibited in numerous galleries nationwide. His work is collected in corporate art collections such as Hewlett Packard...
Canvas, Oil
"At the Creek's Edge, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Light Moving Across, " Abstract Landscape Painting
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
"Light Moving Across", by American artist Ken Elliott is a radiant, large-scale landscape that captures the poetic energy of nature through bold abstraction and vibrant color. A ser...
Canvas, Oil
"Into the Green Forest" Abstracted Landscape Painting
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
Luminous and dreamlike, Into the Green Forest by Ken Elliott invites the viewer into a serene woodland world awash in light and layered color. In this large-scale oil painting, Ellio...
Canvas, Oil
"Saccades XII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 60"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm palette and impressionistic style. It pictures a forest-scape with thin, dark tree trunks, surrounded by ...
Digital, Giclée
"Glittering Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape limited edition print depicts a forest, with trees with thin trunks in the foreground, and leaves that seem to incorporate almost every color. Bursts...
Digital, Giclée
"Blue Wish, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape by Ken Elliott is a limited edition print. It depicts a forest of trees sitting in a blanket of snow, and a subtle sunset above the top of the forest. The thi...
Digital, Giclée
"Forest in Shade, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 60"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott depicts a cool, deep violet forest and light yellow-green forest floor, which is contrasted by warm orange accents. This...
Digital, Giclée
"Haze in the Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 16" x 20"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool violet-blue palette, capturing an abstracted scene of a forest in the winter. The trees are depicted in s...
Digital, Giclée
"Glittering Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 18"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape limited edition print depicts a forest, with trees with thin trunks in the foreground, and leaves that seem to incorporate almost every color. Bursts...
Digital, Giclée
"Haze in the Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool violet-blue palette, capturing an abstracted scene of a forest in the winter. The trees are depicted in s...
Digital, Giclée
"Tangerine Evening II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm, vibrant palette and captures a landscape with the sun just along the horizon. The painting has an impres...
Digital, Giclée
"Gold at the River, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 60"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features deep violet hillside complemented by warm yellow trees and yellow and mint-green grass in the foreground. "Golde...
Digital, Giclée
"Light Moving Through II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott is made with oil paint features a forest scene with a bold, contrasting palette of cool, deep blues that are accented by ...
Digital, Giclée
"Gold at the River, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 18" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features deep violet hillside complemented by warm yellow trees and yellow and mint-green grass in the foreground. "Golde...
Digital, Giclée
"Yellow Winds II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a forest-scape with bright yellow tree leaves which are mirrored by the yellow foreground, all of which is complemented by the light violet shadows between the trees and light...
Digital, Giclée
$1,800
"Warm Contrasts and Cool Blues, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott depicts an abstracted forestscape, with cool blue and violet trees and a yellow-green forest floor. The cool blues are co...
Digital, Giclée
$2,700
"Warm Contrasts and Cool Blues, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott depicts an abstracted forestscape, with cool blue and violet trees and a yellow-green forest floor. The cool blues are co...
Digital, Giclée
$2,400
"Warm Contrasts and Cool Blues, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott depicts an abstracted forestscape, with cool blue and violet trees and a yellow-green forest floor. The cool blues are co...
Digital, Giclée
"Reluctant Sunset I, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool blue and violet palette, capturing hills underneath thick clouds, with contrasting accents of warm yellow...
Digital, Giclée
"At the Creek's Edge, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"In the Colorful Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 24" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"In the Colorful Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 72"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Light Moving Through II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott is made with oil paint features a forest scene with a bold, contrasting palette of cool, deep blues that are accented by ...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades III, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 60"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features multi-colored tree trunks and foliage extend from the bottom of the canvas up to the top, with a ra...
Digital, Giclée
"Green Influences, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a bright palette and an impressionistic style. The forest scene is rendered with a vibrant green connecting the ...
Digital, Giclée
"Sun on Snow II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a silver floater frame ...
Digital, Giclée
"Lake Haze - Yellow, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a predominately cool violet palette, which is offset by the warm yellow trees in the foreground, which are refle...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades XII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 50"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a warm palette and impressionistic style. It pictures a forest-scape with thin, dark tree trunks, surrounded by ...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccade XI, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Red Borders, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Greens Moving Across, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features tall, lush trees, the leaves of which are cool blue and violet tones. Small portions of the bottoms...
Digital, Giclée
"Sun on Snow II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a silver floater frame ...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccade XI, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades XIII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"In the Colorful Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 16" x 32"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Blue Wish, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape by Ken Elliott is a limited edition print. It depicts a forest of trees sitting in a blanket of snow, and a subtle sunset above the top of the forest. The thi...
Digital, Giclée
"Reluctant Sunset I, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool blue and violet palette, capturing hills underneath thick clouds, with contrasting accents of warm yellow...
Digital, Giclée
"Reluctant Sunset II, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This contemporary abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool blue and violet palette, capturing rolling hills underneath thick, hazy clouds, with contras...
Digital, Giclée
"Reluctant Sunset I, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This abstract landscape limited edition print by Ken Elliott features a cool blue and violet palette, capturing hills underneath thick clouds, with contrasting accents of warm yellow...
Digital, Giclée