Lamp on a Lake

Just saw the Post-Impressionism Exhibit at the DeYoung Museum in San
Francisco! I painted this lamp into a dark Prussian blue landscape

Digital Painting with Flow Painter

Digital Painting in the Spirit of Collot d'Herbois' Veil Painting

Elise Cheval:WORKS, Solo Gallery Show in The Loft at O'Hanlon Center For the Arts

Hi Folks,

In Rembrandt's time, painters painted on Belgian linen with oils. Now, we're riddled with plastic. As artists and concerned stewards of Earth's future, we must find a way to use the plastic that continues to overwhelm our landfills and muck up our oceans. I'm only one girl, with one voice,and sometimes I feel like my effort to make our world a better place is merely a drop in the bucket, yet still I persevere in my quest to beautify the planet one artwork at a time.

Come and see and hear what I've got to say in my first Solo Show, "Elise Cheval: WORKS" at O'Hanlon Center For The Arts during my Opening on December 7 from 6-8 PM. Contemporary artworks including oil and watercolor paintings inspired by Collot d'Herbois' Veil paintings and sculptures created with China silk, rabbit skin glue, acrylic frames and mirrors and various media will be shown through December from 10-2PM in the "Loft Gallery".

While you bask in the glow of the "Art of the Spirit:Duality" Show next door in the Main Gallery, ask yourself, "What would Rembrandt do if he had access to acrylic frames?"

Elise

Artworks Downtown's Small Works Show

Hi Folks,

My interest in creating miniature artwork will be appreciated by folks at the
Small Works Show during the Opening at Artworks Downtown on December 10.
My piece, "Georg", made with hand-painted eggshells will be on display through
the holidays.

I hope you can come.

Sebastopol Center for the Arts Show: Innovations in Fiberart V

Hi Folks,
 
My artwork will be exhibited in Sebastopol Center for the Arts show called Innovations in Fiberart V.  The exhibition opens with a reception on Thursday, October 28, and runs through December 4, 2010.
Juror, Melissa Leventon, founding partner of Curatrix Group museum consultants, is a specialist in European and American textiles. She was formerly Curator-in-Charge of Textiles at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and has authored many exhibition catalogues, books, and journals. She teaches fashion history and theory at California College of the Arts. Melissa has been a consultant to numerous institutions, and currently is working with The Queen Sirikit Museum of Textiles in Bangkok. She received her BA from Brandeis Univ. and her MA in Art History/History of Dress from the Courtauld Inst. of Art, Univ. of London. 
 
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Fiberart, 6780 Depot Street, Sebastopol, CA 95472
 
I hope you can come.
 
Elise

Pictures of Breaking Through at Marin MOCA

The Opening at Marin MOCA's show, "Speaking of Solitude", was well populated with on-lookers and artists alike. I was happy to see "Breaking Through" positioned in front of the slatted window and casting her shadow on the floor at 4:00 PM.