Introducing Elisabeth Condon. I first saw Elisabeth’s work at a show last spring and recently decided to take a browse through her website. My goodness, what a treasure trove -- it was difficult to pick what to share with AT readers.
I decided on a few that seem to have begun as loose experimentations with paint, from which elegant structures and narratives emerged and were then refined.
There is a delightful balance of figurative and fantastic, accidental and deliberate – as well as something mysterious – in these paintings.
Maybe it’s the winter doldrums that have me gravitating toward all this light, space, blooming color and delicate line quality. These are all spaces I’d like to visit.
In the artist’s words, “As each painting develops, the aesthetics of 1960s Los Angeles where I grew up infuse the light and foliage of Florida, Yuan Dynasty landscape, Dr. Seuss and the outré but earnest gestures of Paul Jenkins in the undulating terrain of personal imagination.”
I couldn’t resist sharing a few from the series: Tractors, Trucks and Tires.
Take a look at her website (www.elisabethcondon.com) to see more of her oil paintings and some remarkable ink drawings on paper. Thank you Elisabeth!
- Amy Chase
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FYI Maxwell and others interested - Elisabeth Condon's works on paper are currently showing up at the Hunter College Art Museum - through the beginning of March.
Where can you buy Elizabeth's work?
kathleen - i don't think she has a gallery, but if you go to this site: http://www.thetatechelsea.com/
you can buy some of her work. also, try contacting her directly through her site since she doesn't seem to be represented right now.
good luck.
barbara
p.s. I meant to say above that you can see her works on paper now in a show at the Hunter College Art Gallery (not museum).