Hello! My name is Elizabeth Elkin and I'm a Canadian Visual Artist. I will share some of my work with you on STEEMIT.
Art, Painting, Drawing, Collage.... and this is my living every day.
Please visit my website www.trueart for information about upcoming events, my blog, art store, gallery and you will find the big collection of original paintings.
Here is my Bio from my website:
Elizabeth Elkin is a renowned professional artist with an international reputation and over thirty years of experience. The true innovation of her work lies in the power of her vibrant colors, her museum quality works of expressionist art.
Elizabeth has exhibited her work both locally and internationally for many years. Since 1990, she has shown her work in numerous galleries, juried group shows and solo exhibitions throughout North America. Her works has also been featured in several publications. In 2014 her work was published in the West of the City magazine and in 2002, Festival and received personal recognition from Governor General of Canada, Adrienne Clarkson. In 2001, she was a one of her painting was chosen for the poster of The Association of Canadian Women Composers in Chamber Music featured artist in Ottawa Life magazine.
Elizabeth’s work also won numerous awards. Among many others in her career, in 2014 she received 2nd Prize Award for Best Painting, Colour and Form Society 62nd Juried Exhibition, Toronto. In 2013, her painting “Paris Sketch” won a first place in the Colour and Form Society’s 61st Juried Art Exhibition and in 2012 Jurors’ Honourable Mentions Award from ArtWorks Oakville, 13th Annual Juried Show in Oakville, ON.
Travelling the world had a great impact on Elizabeth’s creativity. In 2007, Elizabeth went to Europe on a tour of the museums in Paris, France and of Flemish art in Belgium. Following an extensive three-week trip, Elizabeth returned with many fresh impressions and begun a new series of works dedicated to the beauty of old Europe and its many treasures.
In 2008 she travelled to New York City to observe first-hand the iconic skyline and returned to create new series of modern cityscapes, Inspired by the magnificence of the modern American form. She also travelled to California and observed a magnificent cityscape of Los Angeles and San Francisco. There she was mesmerized by the beauty of the South- West Coast and the blend of cultures found there.
Elizabeth has had a life-long dedication to visual arts. She is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists, Ontario Society of Artists and Colour and Form Society. Elizabeth’s paintings can be found in the collections of MBA Ottawa University, Government of Ontario Art Collection and 300+ private collections around the world.
My Awards:
2014 2nd Prize Award for Best Painting, Color and Form Society 62nd Juried Exhibition, Toronto,
2014 Honourable Mention Award, 2014 Color and Form Society Biennial Art Exhibition , Toronto
2013 1st Prize Award for Best Painting, Color and Form Society 61st Juried Exhibition, Toronto
2013 Finalist for the 2013 Cogeco Stars Among Us – Arts Awards, Oakville Arts Council, ON
2012 Jurors’ Honorable Mentions Award, ArtWorks 13th Annual Juried Show, Oakville City Hall
2011 3rd Prize Award for Best Painting, ArtWorks 12th Annual Juried Show, Oakville City Hall
2003 Honorable Mention Award, Nepean Fine Arts League, Nepean, ON
1993 1st Prize, Award of Excellence in Oil Painting, Nepean Fine Arts League, Nepean, ON
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