McElwain, Louisa 1953-2013
Read Louisa McElwain's Biography
Louisa McElwain was a resident of New Mexico since 1985. She was a plein-air artist, an impressionist, who loved to paint the New Mexico sky and landscape. Louisa McElwain stated that "During the process of painting large canvases outdoors, the interaction with Nature introduces insects, particles of plants and soil into the paint. To acknowledge the simultaneous levels of reality which surround me, I sometimes deliberately introduce elements into the paint like bits of broken beer bottle, bone, fur, or charred wood. Anything stuck to the motif, the images, the illusions, the beauty of landscape, I never want to forget that what I am looking at is paint on canvas."
Further Reading: Louisa McElwain, Western Art Collector March 2008 | Louisa McElwain, Southwest Art 2000 | Louisa McElwain, Western Art Collector October 2008 | Louisa McElwain, Western Art Collector 2010 | Louisa McElwain, Western Art & Architecture 2012 | Louisa McElwain, The River Wild
