Elmer L. Boone was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1883. He was known as a southwestern landscape painter, mostly in Texas, Arizona and Mexico. He studied at the Smith School of Art and the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois. He also painted with Charles M. Russell in Montana. He also painted in Jackson Hole, Wyoming and later moved to El Paso in 1927 due to poor health. He became the founder of an art exhibition in El Paso that was part of the annual Sun Carnival. He was a commercial artist and worked out of his studio in the Electric Company building. He was a member of the Far Southwest Artists Association and the El Paso Artists Association. He died in El Paso, Texas in 1952 after a painting trip to Oak Creek Canyon in Sedona, Arizona. He was buried in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Collections include the Montana Historical Society, Torch Energy Advisors in Texas, Charles M. Russell Gallery, El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso Centennial Museum, and Waco Art Center.