New work: Lake Light, oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.

 

Lake Light Oil on canvas, 40 x 60 in.

In the studio $9450 framed To purchase

About this oil:

Years ago I did a small pastel of a Texas lake, one of those pieces that stays with you. When I came across it again recently, I knew I wanted to revisit it and this time as a much larger oil. The pastel was a really good one and the challenge was to create something even better on a much larger scale.

The layout is similar, but everything else is pushed further. The colors are more intense, more dramatic, and everything in the painting is set up to bring your eye to that bright green area. The rest of the painting has to hold its own too, and a solution presented itself with the three major themes of this piece: sky, trees, and water, each with their own identity and texture.

It reads simply at first, but there's real complexity in every area with color combinations and patterns that reward a closer look. The blue and yellow strips at the top add one more layer of depth, expanding the view.

I was really enjoying the all of the color work here and I didn't want to stop, but the painting didn't need another mark. I'm going to enjoy looking at it for the few days while it's drying. It is one of those paintings that I'll be a little sorry to see go.

Making it Fine Art Workshop Fri - Sun, April 24-26

Fri - Sun, April 24-26, Castle Rock, CO (Denver Metro)

Open to 5 artists

Class has filled / Watch for a new class in early June

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Ken will discuss strategies for creating better artworks with a variety of common and creative tools. The workshop will focus on concepts for making better starts, compelling artworks, going to new places in your work, and how to make fine art. They will use informative videos and pass on strategies, some not the literature, but handed down from the very best teachers.

 

Together, we will be going deeper into the how-to of making more appealing artworks with a variety of ideas and tools. After the day's sessions, the group is invited to further discussions and dinner. After the Sunday session, Ken will present Photoshop techniques for taking your works to the next level and creating better pathways for finishing your artworks. You will be given a simplified Photoshop guide and have access to a large, digital photo file of over 2000 inspiring artworks.

 

Ken will demonstrate painting using oil and pastels, if requested. In addition to making art works, Ken will talk about business and promotion, necessary tools for success in the marketplace.

There will be serious discussions, laughs, and your questions with more continuing after class hours. We will all come away with new tools to take your art to the next level. Ample time will be given to live problem solving, daily critiques and creative options.

Ken Elliott Fine Art Newsletter: March 2026

 

March News: “Art is something that makes you breathe a new kind of happiness.” Anni Albers Photo: National Gallery of Art Anni’s words capture that rare moment when art quietly opens a door inside us. I find that sensation often in the work of others, and recently my own oil painting, Going That Way, gave me that same feeling when I wrapped it up. It was one of those days that reminds me why I love being an artist. Ken Coming up in April, the Making it Fine Art Workshop for 2026, Fri - Sun, April 24-26. in Castle Rock, CO (Denver Metro.) It will be a small group, very personalized and open to only 5 artists with 3 openings left. We always have a great time and breakthroughs are made here! Sign up here   Workshop flyer Note that I host day-long 'paint alongs' for $50 where we are both painting separately and we huddle for problem solving as well as multi-day, immersive personal classes. The use of my paints are included. Send me an email if you are interested... It's very informative, casual and with a focus on problem solving. Breakthroughs are made here...very illuminating and fun!  email Ken Large canvases have been completed lately and a variety of new works are in progress. I love getting into the studio each day, it's a joyful and colorful playground. Ken

New Works: Going that Way Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 inches $6650 framed Exhibiting: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM About this oil Green Canopy Oil on canvas, 48  x 72 inches Exhibiting: Sorelle Gallery, Westport, Connecticut $13,500 framed About this oil Patterns at the Lake Exhibiting at the Breckenridge Gallery, Breckenridge, CO. $4400 framed About this oil Brights Merging Oil on panel, 16 x 16 inches Exhibiting: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM In the studio, $2150 framed About this oil Grateful Notices: All in the Glow Oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in. Exhibited: Saks Galleries, Denver Private collection, Los Angeles, CA About this oil Clouds Reward Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches Exhibited: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Available Works: Radiant Landscape Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches Exhibiting: Meridian Art Consulting, Boston, MA About this oil Dusk Approaching Oil on canvas, 48 x 30 inches Exhibiting: Arden’s Gallery, Houston, TX About this oil Workshops and Mentoring Sessions: What would your work look like if you painted with more confidence and more of yourself in every stroke? These My Workshops and Mentoring Sessions are for artists ready to go deeper. We'll work on composition, color, and the kind of authenticity that makes a painting unforgettable. Because every artist's journey is different, each session is shaped around where you are and where you want to go. Whether you're pushing through a block or building real momentum, this is where that happens. Find your next artistic breakthrough, explore the workshop info here. Here's a video about what happens in the Group and Private Workshops Ken Elliott American Landscapes coffee table book: This large coffee table book reprises over 25 years of my works in oil, pastel, monotype, etching and collage. Large, coffee table hardback version, 11 x 13 inches, 94 color pages with essays. Book and a signed giclee print of the cover image: $160 or just order the book for $129. eBook versions available for Amazon Kindle Fire®, Apple iOS devices, and macOS computers for $14.99.You can preview the complete book and how to order your electronic or hardback versions from my website. View my newest artworks sign up for this newsletter here Sunset in Orange and Pink Study, oil on panel, 16 x 16 Exhibiting: Arden’s Gallery, Houston, TX $1,850 unframed About this oil This monthly newsletter is the best way to stay up to date with my new works and events. You can also follow me on Facebook and go more in depth with my blog. To view the total of my works in all media and in all my galleries, go to www.kenelliott.com. Please pass this onto a friend and they can sign up for this newsletter here. Thank you, Ken

Grateful Notices: Red Movements, oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches

Red Movements

Oil on canvas, 36 x 60 inches
Exhibited: Dominique Boisjoli Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
Private collection, N.C.

My thanks to the couple that purchased this oil

About this artwork:

This composition has always drawn me in—the feeling of standing in the shaded part of a forest, looking outward toward a place flooded with light. It presents an ideal stage for exploring contrast, depth, and energy.
 
In this work, I began immediately with bold colors and contrasts that set the theme for this oil.The focus here is nature at its most dynamic: a forest alive where shapes, depth and complexity are combined with a large variety of saturated colors, all contributing power to the piece.
 
At one point, the painting became almost unruly, like a three-ring circus of competing forces—all these vivid variables demanding attention. That’s when I listen to the canvas, open to instructions for what is needed next.
 
What followed was more color, intensity and depth, until the moment came to push the yellow trees glowing at the center even more.
 
Then there was a calm, a moment when everything stopped. It felt as though the forest itself held its breath—waiting for some signal that all was in balance. Then every mark, every part combined as one full chord of color and form.
 
The painting was finished.