Elyse Fairweather

I consider myself an abstract realist painter. I am strongly influenced by nature and I take inspiration from drawings, paintings (both mine and other artists) and wide open spaces.

Drawing is an integral part of my process. I draw under each painting and also in between the paint layers. I build up the surface slowly with many layers of paint, drawing, and glazes. I work in series. From one initial composition, I can experiment with abstracting the composition into more simplified color and planes.