Elaine Farmer Biography
Elaine has always had a deep connection to the natural world around her and enjoys taking part in translating natures’ magnificence to canvas. Landscapes have always been her passion, where shapes, textures and lighting always offer an endless source of subjects and challenges.
A national award winning artist she has earned numerous awards throughout the U.S. including Arts for the Parks-Top100 (2011). Elaine is represented in galleries and participates in juried art exhibits throughout the U.S. Elaine’s work is found in private and corporate collections both in the U.S. and abroad.
Traveling the world to find new ideas, her current body of work focuses on quiet landscapes as seen near home and far beyond. Using a simple design structure and brighter than life colors, she blends traditional realism with a contemporary impressionistic feeling, capturing the essence of her inspiration. While exploring this new idea of simplifying the scene to reflect the bare essence of the theme, she still holds the Hudson River Valley Artists in high regard for their valuable studies in plein air along with their classical academic approach to painting.
Being involved in her community as an active advocate of fine arts, has always been an integral part of being an artist. Elaine maintains an art studio in Amherst, NH where she provides art instruction and workshops. Through her teaching experiences, her students have led her to focus on developing an easy to understand color mixing method for use by working artists, teachers and the novice painter which has in turn produced a book on the subject “HARMONEOUS COLOR SCHEMES; a no nonsense approach using the color wheel”.
