Lisa Elley

La perfection du printemps

2017

Artist Comments
This floral painting is done with a palette knife for thick impasto texture. This piece is on gallery wrapped canvas and the painting continues around the sides. The work comes 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.

Spring Perfection
Lisa Elley
Oil painting on stretched canvas
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2017
10 in. h x 10 in. w x 1 in. d
0 lbs. 6 oz.