2021
Ken Elliot works with oil paints and pastels to bring abstracted scenes of nature to life. The Colorado artist’s frequently luminous landscape paintings, which feature trees, rivers, lakes, mountains and skies, ripple with energy. Elliot finds endless inspiration in the variation of the world around him, and the prolific colorist’s works are held in thousands of personal and private collections.
Elliot didn't begin painting until late in life. In 1967, he graduated from the University of Houston, where he studied art and advertising. His subsequent jobs as an art restorer, a picture framer and an art dealer in Texas exposed him to many styles and a range of mediums. Finally, in 1987, Elliot moved to San Francisco to embark on a painting career. He started by painting breathtaking sunlit scenes of Texas and California.
After a few years of teaching himself new skills and techniques, Elliot was accepted into a master class at the Santa Fe Art Institute. The class was taught by acclaimed painter Wolf Kahn — who studied with the legendary teacher and Abstract Expressionist painter Hans Hofmann — and Kahn’s insights have since proven indispensable for Elliot.
Elliot currently lives in Colorado, where he continues to create more Impressionistic landscapes. Sometimes he isn’t merely working on one painting — the artist usually has a number of works going at once and has said that the paintings can inspire one another. Elliot regularly exhibits at galleries in Colorado, New Mexico, Connecticut, Texas and New York.
On 1stDibs, find Ken Elliot prints, paintings, watercolors and more.
"Air Through the Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Air Through the Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Air Through the Forest, " Framed Limited Edition Print, 30" x 30"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades XIII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 48" x 48"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades XIII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 36" x 36"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
"Saccades XIII, " Framed Limited Edition Giclee Print, 40" x 40"
By Ken Elliott
Located in Westport, CT
This colorful abstract landscape piece is a Limited-Edition giclee print by Ken Elliott with an edition of 195. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a gold floater frame wi...
Digital, Giclée
Expressionistic landscape oil painting 'Colors in the Breeze III'
By Ken Elliott
Located in White Plains, NY
'Colors in the Breeze III' 2021 by American artist, Ken Elliott. Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. / Frame: 31.5 x 31.5 in. This painting of a forest and a field comprises of colors in green, purple, yellow, pink, and blue. Framed in a gold painted frame. Colorado based artist Ken Elliott, focuses on the western landscape and its rich store of ideas and inspiration. Painting rural scenery, the artist does not try to recreate nature or attempt storytelling but instead, wields color boldly, creating vibrant, contemporary landscapes that are both animated and peaceful. Early in his career, he was a student of Wolf Kahn, who inspired his work. Since 1988, Elliott’s work has been exhibited in numerous galleries nationwide. His work is collected in corporate art...
Canvas, Oil
Woodland Portal: Abstract Landscape Painting on Canvas, 2010s, New, 80x81
By Teresa Smith
Located in SEATTLE, WA
“Woodland Portal” by Teresa Smith is a richly textured, abstract landscape painting that evokes a glowing woodland scene, where slender tree trunks and looping branches are rendered ...
Canvas, Oil
Forest Series: Breeze
By Ira Barkoff
Located in Greenwich, CT
Born in 1934 in Brooklyn, New York, Ira Barkoff’s paintings feature empty, Zen-like landscapes whose stillness reflects a location’s essence. Barkoff seeks to “portray a sense of vas...
Canvas, Oil
"Autumn Exposure" - Impressionist Forest Landscape, Oil Painting on Board
By Deb Komitor
Located in Denver, CO
Deb Komitor was born and raised in Ohio and now resides in Colorado Springs, CO with her husband Steve, her constant dog companion Zoey and 2 house cats. She graduated with honors f...
Oil, Board
Edge of the Woods II, Original Painting
By Janet Dyer
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Pale yellow fields and orange-red bushes reflect the warmth of autumn in Harriman State Park, New York State. Expressive paintwork captures the movement and tex...
Acrylic
C.E. Ross, "Hidden Forest", Colorful Abstract Forest Landscape Acrylic on Canvas
By Charles Emery Ross
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
This abstracted forest landscape, "Hidden Forest", by artist Charles Emery Ross is a 40x40 acrylic painting on canvas featuring a colorful and whimsical ...
Canvas, Acrylic
