Elise was born in Manhattan, New York and was raised in an artistic environment as the daughter of a portrait artist and still life floral painter. She was always surrounded by art, including Toulouse-Lautrec hand towels in the kitchen, Picasso and Michelangelo sketches in the living room, as well as intricate drawings of temples and still life flowers in oil. Elise is a contemporary artist who is recognized for her realist still life oil paintings, and for capturing harmonious jewel tone color combinations to showcase her work. She was selected for an intensive Renaissance Atelier Master class in Vietre Sul Mare, Italy hosted by the Amalfi Coast Art Institute where she exhibited her paintings of Italian gardens.
She began her career in the Fashion Industry, working in Marketing and Design for a well known luxury clothing brand named Hart, Schaffner & Marx located in Manhattan, on Park Avenue. Elise had formal training in live oil portraiture at the National Academy of Design/School of Fine Arts in Manhattan. She continued her studies by completing three years of formal training in portraiture, the human form and floral still life at The Arts Council of Princeton, New Jersey. She was also formally trained in painting live floral still life in oil at The Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey using the prismatic palette technique.
Elise has studied with many influential artists over the years and has been accepted into numerous national juried exhibits at museums and galleries. She has exhibited in Florida, New Jersey, Maryland, New York, Connecticut and Italy. She currently maintains working studios in Princeton, New Jersey and Palm Beach, Florida.
In my still life oil paintings, I capture poetic beauty and jewel tone color combinations. I explore color and contrast in my floral paintings to show the harmonizing, symphony of colors in nature. I paint the fleeting life of flowers from my garden to evoke drama and emotion. I usually paint Peonies because they only last approximately two weeks in my garden. I have had formal training at the Ridgewood Art Institute in Ridgewood, New Jersey for oil paintings of live floral still life using the prismatic palette, atmospheric effect and increased value contrast technique and I have also had three years of formal training of still life in oil at The Arts Council of Princeton in Princeton, New Jersey.
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