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In the Studio This Week, March 19, 2024
The studio is always and interesting place full of canvases in progress and others nearing finish. This is a portion of the dozen or so...
Ken Elliott
Mar 18, 20241 min read


Grateful Notices: Yellow Day oil on canvas, 30 x 40 inches
Exhibited: Breckenridge Gallery, CO Private collection My thanks to the purchasers of this oil. About this oil: One of the joys of being...
Ken Elliott
Mar 1, 20241 min read


Grateful notices: Glimmering Hills, oil on panel 24 x 24 inches
Exhibited: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art , Santa Fe, New Mexico My gracious thanks to the collectors of this oil and two others for their...
Ken Elliott
Feb 25, 20241 min read


Grateful Notices: Reservoir Color, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Private collection, Denver My thanks to the collectors of this oil About this oil: This was a very enjoyable oil to create. The basis of...
Ken Elliott
Feb 6, 20241 min read


3-Day Making it Fine Art Workshop: Moving to the Next Level: Fri-Sun, April 5-7, 2024 / Sold out
3-Day Workshop with Ken Elliott Castle Rock, Colorado (Denver metro) Sold out / Summer Workshop 2024 TBA April 5-7, Friday - Sunday,...
Ken Elliott
Feb 3, 20242 min read


Grateful notices: In the Forest Surround, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches Exhibited: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico Thank you to the couple that purchased this...
Ken Elliott
Jan 30, 20242 min read


Grateful notices: Edge of the Meadow, oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches
Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches, framed Exhibited: Sorelle Gallery, Westport, Connecticut Private collection My thanks to the collector of this oil. About this oil I love the way meadows look, the soft flow of the grasses with their glowing colors and that was my attraction to this scene. Compositionally, this is a clean and elegant landscape made from three horizontal bands. Now to make it interesting, to create a work of art. There is an abundance of complexity in each ban
Ken Elliott
Jan 14, 20241 min read


Happy Holidays! 2023
Artwork: Haze in the Forest, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 inches About this oil Exhibiting: Sorelle Gallery, Westport, Connecticut
Ken Elliott
Dec 19, 20231 min read


New Work: Cool Moving Up, oil on canvas, 48 x 30 inches
$6400 framed Exhibiting: Saks Galleries, Denver, CO To purchase About this oil: The snows are just starting to appear here in Denver....
Ken Elliott
Dec 2, 20231 min read


Grateful Notices: Yellow and Red Stand, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
Exhibited: Saks Galleries , Denver, CO Private collection My thanks to the collectors of this oil. About this oil: This piece was...
Ken Elliott
Nov 28, 20231 min read


Grateful notices: Bright Stand, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Exhibited: Renjeau Gallery , Natick, MA Private collection, Hong Kong My thank you to the purchasers of this oil. About this oil: This...
Ken Elliott
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Opening at Saks Galleries, Denver: November 17 and 18
More about Winters Evening and Golds Descending Oils on canvas, $4400 framed each. I hope to see you there! Exhibiting at Saks Galleries,...
Ken Elliott
Nov 13, 20231 min read


Forest Light into Shade, 48 X 48 inches
Oil on canvas, 48 X 48 inches, unframed Exhibited: Sorelle Gallery , Westport, Connecticut Private collection Formerly exhibited: The...
Ken Elliott
Nov 4, 20231 min read


Grateful Notices: Warm Contrasts and Cool Blues, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Exhibited: Sorelle Gallery, Westport, Connecticut Private collection, Bedford, NY My thanks to the collectors of this oil for their new...
Ken Elliott
Nov 4, 20231 min read


Grateful notices: Lake Haze - Yellow, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Exhibited: Sorelle Gallery, Westport, Connecticut My thanks to the collectors that purchased this oil. About this oil: As a colorist,...
Ken Elliott
Nov 1, 20231 min read


New Work: Sudden Orange Light, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
Exhibiting: Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, CO Framed, $4400 To purchase About this oil There are those occasions at the end of the...
Ken Elliott
Oct 10, 20231 min read


Grateful Notices: Mist in the Forest, pastel on sanded paper, 18 ¼ x 11 inches
Exhibited: Page + Waterman Gallery, Wellesley MA My thanks to the collector of this pastel. About this pastel: It is always amazing to...
Ken Elliott
Oct 9, 20231 min read


New Work: Soft Forest Cool, pastel on sanded paper 12 x 16
Exhibiting: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM $1750 framed To purchase About this pastel It is remarkable how these colored...
Ken Elliott
Sep 13, 20231 min read


Grateful Notices: Autumn Arrayed, pastel on sanded paper, 12 x 16 inches
Exhibited: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art , Santa Fe, NM Private collection I set out to do something bright and wasn’t sure what it would be. It started with a minimum of marks to work out the composition and then the colors were added in a very arbitrary way. As the work moved forward, the idea of blues and gold emerged but it wasn’t compelling or complex enough. My idea was to put this together with unusual colors and once I applied the red-coral, the pastel came to life. It
Ken Elliott
Sep 13, 20231 min read


Next 3-Day Intensive Workshop, Castle Rock, CO, Fri - Sat, October 20 - 22, 2023
Fine Art Workshop with Ken Elliott Castle Rock, CO, (Denver Metro) Fri - Sat, October 20 - 22, 2023 Workshop flyer Open to 5 artists...
Ken Elliott
Sep 5, 20231 min read
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