Lisa Elley

Lisa Elley

San Francisco, CA, United States

About Lisa Elley

Lisa is an award winning, modern palette knife artist with an unmistakable style, and colorful liveliness in her distinctive paintings. Given the name “The Knife Queen” by one of her many facebook fans, Lisa maneuvers her artistic knife with an uncanny fluidity. She creates vibrant landscapes, cityscapes, and portraits, hanging internationally in collectors’ homes across the USA, England, Ireland, UAE, Australia, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. It takes a very talented and accomplished artist to use a painting or palette knife. This technique is unique, as the paint is applied very thickly, adding subtle highlights with a beautiful sense of light and movement. Combined with this, is Lisa’s outstanding ability to capture with her knife the incredible detail and personal elements that will resonate with your subconscious, and transport you into her colorful world of visual transcendence. Lisa is originally from New Zealand, where the beauty of nature is unsurpassed. The diversity in our amazing world inspires her, and she feels it in every stroke. She tries to reflect this in her work, and invites you to enjoy it as she does. Visit www.lisaelley.com to view her recent artwork. as well as; www.paintersknife.blogspot.com www.facebook.com/lisaelley.art www.pinterest.com/paintersknife www.etsy.com/paintersknife www.houzz.com/lisaelley

Education:

BA Auckland University

I am a New Zealander born and bred, and like all Kiwis, am deeply and irrevocably connected to my homeland. I have lived in London and New York, met my husband (who is South African) in Thailand in 1999 and now live in Florida with my beautiful daughters who remind me every day with their laughter to appreciate every moment.

I have a Bachelor of Arts from Auckland University and have always loved to draw and paint. However, life, work and travel absorbs time, so I didn't paint much until I was inspired to revisit my creative side in 2007. After the birth of my children I enrolled myself in an oil painting class under the tutelage of renowned artist Robert Gross.

For years I carefully painted still lifes under the watchful eye of my mentor. Then late in 2011 I had an epiphany. I came across a painting rendered entirely with the painting knife, and was immediately transfixed by the sculptural quality of the piece. From that moment on, I found painting with the knife to be cathartic, natural and really really addictive! Sometimes I paint with bold, choppy strokes, using impasto (thick) paint and other times my style can be more detailed, refined and painterly, it depends on my subject matter. I like to paint nature, particularly trees, as well as cities, buildings and the places I have traveled. If it's interesting, I simply have to paint it and hopefully you like it. In our modern world of change and uncertainty, it gives me an amazing feeling of satisfaction to create something that people can enjoy.
Did I mention that I love not cleaning brushes?

Events:

RAW San Francisco 1015 Folsom 7/10/2014 www.rawartists.org/lisaelley

First Prize, Landscape Category, 2013 Fort Lauderdale Artist's Haven International Juried Fine Art Painting Competition.

Art Gallery 21 Fort Lauderdale Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2012 - Finalist -

Finalist 2012 Fort Lauderdale Artist's Haven International Juried Fine Art Painting Competition.

Exhibitions:

Ugallery Group Show, San Francisco, March 2017

RAW San Francisco 1015 Folsom 7/10/2014 www.rawartists.org/lisaelley

First Prize, Landscape Category, 2013 Fort Lauderdale Artist's Haven International Juried Fine Art Painting Competition. Exhibition July 15-31, 2013

Art Gallery 21 Fort Lauderdale Annual Juried Art Exhibition 2012 - Finalist - Exhibition Nov 29-Dec 22, 2012

Finalist 2012 Fort Lauderdale Artist's Haven International Juried Fine Art Painting Competition. Exhibition July 15 - 31st