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Elizabeth Sauder
1365 Bird Forest Road
Lexington, Virginia 24450
(540) 463.4011
info@elizabethsauder.com |
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In general, I consider myself a plein air painter. I paint
outdoors, in front of and in emotional response to the landscape.
I visit a site often, at various times of the day and in various weather
conditions
and work quickly, usually completing one small "alla prima" painting
per session. I paint as a way to explore and become intimate
with a place and to better understand the visual phenomena surrounding
it. This motivation
holds true, too, with still-life. I’m also interested in exploring
the memory of a place - a memory acquired through the long
and careful observation as a plein air painter. I want to synthesize
all the visual
phenomena that I remember and distill it down into a single,
concise image. So I work in that direction in my studio. These studio
paintings
have also allowed me to revisit the traditional gilding technique
that was my specialty for many years as a sign painter. I often use the
23k
gold, palladium and dyed sterling silver leaf as representational
shapes that are integral to the painting and which, by their reflective
nature,
physically mimic the shifting and interactive quality of
the light in the landscape. The paintings on this site represent both
of these artistic
impulses. Some are small, realistic paintings on gessoed
watercolor paper that are a quick and direct effort at gathering visual
information. Others
are larger oils on canvas that are a condensation and consideration
of that information. All are available for sale. There is no particular
order to the site. New paintings are mixed in with older
ones. Please
feel free to contact me by email or phone. I will ship my paintings
anywhere. |
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