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Elizabeth Rhoades Biography • Gallery • Website link • Contact info |
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“In my work I express my awe for the beauty of the simple wonders in our natural world. I am inspired by the mood of my subject, the forms, the light, and the mystery of the unknown beyond the confines of my capture of that particular moment.”
Elizabeth Rhoades is an award winning Connecticut artist whose pastel paintings are characterized by their vibrant color and sensitivity to the natural forms and light in the landscape. Born and raised in New Haven, CT, Elizabeth currently resides in Stafford Springs, CT. She holds art degrees from SCSU, and Wesleyan University, and has obtained an advanced degree of sixth level in art education. She has studied with and been inspired by Lorenzo Chavez, Frank Federico, Christine Ivers, Liz Hayward-Sullivan, Albert Handell, and Alain Picard. As a very small child, Elizabeth was preoccupied with drawing and painting, earning the title of class artist throughout her childhood and teens. Her mother was an artist, and she encouraged Elizabeth to pursue her passion. Elizabeth Rhoades began her professional painting career in 1973 as a watercolorist. In the summer of 2001 during post-graduate course work in dry media, she became intrigued by the brilliant color, velvety texture, and immediacy of pastels. She paints in the plein-air tradition, and in her studio from value sketches and reference photos she has made on location. Her prior mastery of watercolor painting has provided her with an intuitive knowledge of color and value, allowing her to render her motif in pastels with an impressionistic touch while quite representational. Paintings of unblemished countryside and farmland, formal gardens, and reflections on water are among her favorite subjects. Her portrayal of momentary passages of sunlight and shadow allow the viewer to experience the simple beauty of common places that would otherwise be easily overlooked.  Fool's Gold Elizabeth is currently represented by PS Gallery, on the Litchfield Green, and the Mill House Gallery in Chester, CT. She has had several solo exhibits in such galleries as The Art Gallery at the Mill House in Chester, the Harwinton Library, Arts Center of Tolland, and Galleria Vivace in Stafford, and she has been juried into National Exhibits including The Pastel Society of New Mexico, The Connecticut Pastel Society Renaissance Show, “For Pastels Only on Cape Cod,” Academic Artists National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism in Art, The Slater Memorial Museum Connecticut Artists Exhibition as well as the Lyme Art Association. Elizabeth is a Signature Member of the Connecticut Pastel Society, and a member of the Pastel Society of America, the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society, the Lyme Art Association, Concord Art Association, Pastel Society of the West Coast, and the Pastel Society of New Mexico. Elizabeth Rhoades has painted professionally for over 37 years. In addition to painting, Elizabeth has been a public school elementary art teacher for thirty years. She has taught art in the towns of Avon, Durham, Coventry, and currently, Enfield, CT. Through her professional education career she has shared her skills and knowledge of art to generations of students. “In my work, I am taking you to a special place. In this place you feel that you are safe, undisturbed, that the world around you is filled with peace, and you have solitude. There is a sense of timelessness, and you can reflect and contemplate.” |
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