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"Alice's Garden" 20" x 24"

“Elsey’s paintings are marked by rich colors and dramatic brush strokes that recall Fauvist traditions.”Daedalus Howell, San Francisco Chronicle

“As for the rougher stuff, aesthetically speaking, Kathleen Elsey’s painting exerts a bold, almost post-Fauvist-meets-funk touch in her work. “Sunlit Room,” for one, flirts with burly Van Gogh effects, with a vivified palette and brusque brushwork. It’s the mightiest and most memorable piece in the room, says this unavoidably subjective observer.” Josef Woodard, Santa Barbara News Press review

Learn about my passion for painting with these Kathleen Elsey videos.

I am always learning and I enjoy sharing my thoughts, tools and techniques with you whether it be in reference to paintings or art. Select any of the small images below to watch a video of each painting.

“Lyon Street Steps, Afternoon,” was featured in the 2015 solo exhibition in San Francisco. Also included in the exhibition were my landscape paintings vibrant with color, beach paintings dancing with movement and still life paintings full of memories. You can see the video of how I made this painting by selecting the image of the painting on the right.

Learn about my painting process through this interview by Daniel Kepl of “Bravo California!“ Watch the interview here.

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I am honored to have two paintings in the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum’s juried exhibition Sept. 23 - 25.
"Path Through Mountain Meadow" 16" x 20"
As seen in Art Walk, Santa Barbara Natural History Museum's juried exhibition

"Hendry's Beach, Low Tide"16" x 20"
As seen in Art Walk, Santa Barbara Natural History Museum's juried exhibition

“Color is magical and fascinates me. White is distracting and terrifies me. Black is even worse. I paint to share a vision, to make something meaningful for myself."

“Rio Grande Morning with Pinons“ wins two awards in Santa Fe, New Mexico
October 3, 2015

"Rio Grand Morning with Pinons" won "People's Choice" award and "Best Use of Medium" in the Plein Air Painters of New Mexico annual juried exhibition at the Santa Fe Art Collectors' Gallery.

Millicent Rogers Museum, Taos, New Mexico,
“Award of Excellence”

Two of my New Mexico paintings juried in to the Millicent Rogers Museum exhibition, Plein Air Painters of New Mexico 2014 and one honored with Award of Excellence!

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