Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly
Watercolor Artist
Artist Statement
I like color, pattern, and nature. That is what you find in my art. I celebrate that which gives meaning, sustenance, and nurture to the human spirit. I do it with bold color and a love of detail and pattern. My work is almost exclusively watercolor: my path as an artist has centered on this medium primarily because of its challenge, its portability, and its ease of set-up and clean-up. When I paint, I seek to make an emotional connection with my subject and to know something about the subject emotionally by the time I am finished with the painting. Looking closely at the subject almost always rewards one with a greater sense of who and what that subject is. I paint both representational images as well as abstract images: each painting strives to capture an emotional aspect of the subject depicted. If you are interested in my art and would like to see more of it visit my website at https://www.elizabethkellygallery.com or contact me at eskelly@gmail.com.
Artist Bio
I was born in Winston-Salem. At eighteen I left Winston to go to college in Massachusetts, followed by graduate school at Chapel Hill. For forty years I taught economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Clemson, and Penn State. When I turned fifty, I embarked on studying watercolor. Over the past two decades I have studied with many outstanding artists.
I served as President of the Madison (Wisconsin) Watercolor Society, Secretary of the Association of Wisconsin Artists, and was a member of the Wisconsin Visual Artists. I teach watercolor at the Sawtooth School of Arts and is an active member of the Artworks Gallery.
My art has been exhibited in Monroe, WI; Fond du Lac, WI; Racine, WI; Prairie du Sac, WI; at Alverno College; Wausau, WI; and at numerous local galleries and exhibit halls in Wisconsin as well as the Arbor Acres Art Gallery here in Winston-Salem.
