Ken Elliott is a Colorado artist working in a variety
of media:
oils,
pastels,
monotypes,
monoprints, and
collages. His works
are in numerous
collections in the US and throughout the world.
Some of his landscape paintings and pastels are reproduced as dramatic
giclee prints, with 13 new images for 2012.
View all 68 giclees.
Recent news:
Exhibiting
May 2012:Total
Arts Gallery, Taos, NM
Two-person show.
Magazine
article:
Southwest Art Magazine, May 2012. Article on the May
exhibit in Taos.
Exhibiting
November 2012:
Madden Museum of Art, Denver. Group show "to expand." Six
non-conventional Colorado artists respond to the Madden Museum
space with an exhibition of important new works.
NEW
Book: Just released - my 94 page
large-format book with 19 years of my best works in oil, pastel,
monotype, etching and collage.preview / order
NEW
Magazine article:
SW Art Magazine, May 2012 view the full article
I want to pass on this very nice magazine piece for
May 2012. Thank you SW Art Magazine and writer Gussie Fauntleroy for
really 'getting it.' Southwest Art Magazine Show Preview Total Arts
Gallery, Taos, NM, May 5-28
NEW
Workshop: Making it Fine Arta two-day workshop for this summer in
Denver Sat-Sun, July 21-22. Sign ups have already started and this
small-group workshop will fill quickly.
Two-day workshop: $225. per person
Also, there are
plans for a 2012 Summer or Fall Houston, TX workshop as
well. Please inquire.
Magazine
article: Two
of Ken's pastels were included in the French art magazine,
Pratique des Arts, January 2012 article about artists using
trees as a subject: "La Poesie des Arbres," The Poetry of Trees. view article
"Ken Elliott is an talented artist, and friend that I
have worked with for many years. Consistent as a
reliable source of beautiful, one of a kind, giclees and
originals, his work is colorful and distinct. Ken's
transitional style is easy for everyone to enjoy and his
masterful use of color creates an amazing energy that
emits from his work sending out a pleasing and tranquil
feeling."
Susan Kendrick,
The Art Collaborative, Atlanta
NEW:
Poems Publishing has just released new poster images of Ken's
works and featured them at their West Coast Art and Framing show
booth, January 2012.
At the West Coast Art and Framing show
booth
Magazine articles:
American Art
Collector Magazine,
June 2008 excerpt: "Total
Arts Gallery is beginning
its 39th year as Taos' preeminent destination
gallery. ...the gallery is happy to announce
the new addition of painter Ken Elliott.
Elliott's canvases display the strikingly vivid
modern hues in which he chooses to render his
contemporary landscapes."
Colorado Expression Magazine, June-July 2008
Julie Fryberger Art Consulting article, with illustration
of "Blue Wall" oil, 40x40 inches.
Recent Collections:
NEW:
The Rose Medical Center, Denver has installed a
series of large works in this corridor.
click to enlarge
NEW:
The Denver Hospice has installed two large oils into
their new facility.
click to enlarge NEW:
The
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston installed two
48 x 48 oils on paper into their main reception
area. click to
enlarge
NEW:
The Mercy
Medical Center, St. Louis added 3 giclees to their
main reception lobby
click to enlarge
His oil "Colorful
Progression VI" has been installed at the Mayo
Clinic, Rochester, NY
click to enlarge
Oils "Forest
Verticals"
oil on canvas, 48 x
60
Soon to be released as a poster by Poems
Publishing
NEW:
Six new Collages
"Of Two Hearts"
8 x 8 inches framed
Pastels "Purple Presence"
pastel on paper, 14 x 14
Assorted
Note Cards sets
are now available, 11 images total
Articles:
New York Times,
On the Web, Wine Today, by Kathleen Buckley
"American
artist Ken Elliott
makes striking abstract collages
using pastels,
oils and the foil
from the Champagne bottle."
