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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


New Work: Golds Descending, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in.
$4400 framed Exhibiting: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art , Santa Fe, NM To purchase About this oil: Paintings can surprise you. They can...
Ken Elliott
Aug 27, 20232 min read


Featured at the Sorelle Gallery, Westport, Connecticut Aug 4-13
More about the exhibit More works at the Sorelle Gallery
Ken Elliott
Aug 1, 20231 min read


Next 3-Day Intensive Workshop, Castle Rock, CO Denver Metro, Fri-Sat, September 8-10, 2023
Fine Art Workshop with Ken Elliott Sold out More information and registration Fri - Sun, 9:30 - 4 pm Sunday evening after break,...
Ken Elliott
Jul 6, 20231 min read


Grateful Notices: Into Blue, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Into Blue Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches $6,750 framed Exhibited: Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, CO Private collection, Rancho...
Ken Elliott
Jun 28, 20231 min read


New Work: Spring Emerging, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Exhibiting: Renjeau Gallery, Natick, MA Framed $10,500 This large-scale oil began as a line of trees in shades of blue with a pale sky...
Ken Elliott
Jun 25, 20231 min read


New Work: Colors in the Breeze IV, oil on canvas 36 x 36 in.
Exhibiting: Madelyn Jordan Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY $5700 framed This is the fourth version of Colors in the Breeze. Like Monet and...
Ken Elliott
Jun 19, 20231 min read


Grateful notices: Forest Placido, oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches
Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 inches Exhibited: Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, CO Private collection, Illinois Thank you to the collector...
Ken Elliott
Jun 17, 20232 min read


Next 3-Day Intensive Workshop, Castle Rock, CO Denver Metro, Fri-Sat, July 21-23, 2023
Fine Art Workshop with Ken Elliott Castle Rock, CO, Denver Metro Fri-Sat, July 21-23, 2023 Workshop flyer Open to 6 artists $590 per...
Ken Elliott
Jun 4, 20231 min read


New Work: Colors in the Breeze I, oil canvas, 30 x 30 in.
In the studio, $4400 framed On reserve Exhibiting: Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY To purchase About this oil: I began a series of...
Ken Elliott
May 26, 20231 min read


New Work: Lynn’s Sky, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
In the studio, $5700 framed To purchase About this oil: My friend Lynn had her photo taken with this sunset in the background. The glowing orange and blue clouds made an intriguing combination, inspiring me to paint them. There was a subtle glow in that sky and in translating it to the canvas, I made a conscious effort to illuminate every part of this work. Making that happen involves numerous variations of each color, an intriguing puzzle. Another important aspect to this w
Ken Elliott
May 16, 20231 min read


Grateful Notices: Shadows Along the Path, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
Exhibited: Renjeau Gallery, Natick, MA Private collection, MA My thanks to the collector of this oil. About this oil: This is a path with...
Ken Elliott
Apr 23, 20231 min read


New Work: Breeze Coming Through, oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in.
Exhibiting: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico $8200 framed To purchase About this oil: This was a very enjoyable subject...
Ken Elliott
Apr 10, 20232 min read


Grateful notices: Soft Light Lakeside, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
My thanks to the collectors of this oil. About this oil: Yesterday was Easter but spring is slow to begin in Colorado and it hasn’t yet...
Ken Elliott
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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