Elaine Campbell Watercolors
Online Studio
Capturing the color and contrast of everyday scenes
What inspires an artist to capture what they see into an art piece? Some have goals to mirror an interesting scene that has colors, shapes, texture— often it is a flower clarified by light, or colorful fruit peeking from a shadowed bowl. Sometimes it is contrast- a charming country cottage emerging from intensely dark tree shadows.
Through watercolor, a successful artist invites you to pause and enjoy the simple moments and common images around us. Even the seemingly mundane can be captivating and enlightening with interesting colors, shadows, shapes, and light. Art that attracts a viewer’s eye to stop, observe, and appreciate the beauty from our Creator is the greatest compliment an artist can achieve.
“Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.”
—Claude Monet
Original Watercolors / Watercolor Prints
A high quality original watercolor painting is painted with lightfast professional grade watercolor paint , made by several companies such as Daniel Smith, Windsor Newton, and M Graham. These paints are light fast for the most part, as opposed to early watercolors that faded over time. Paintings are done on high quality archival paper such as Arches or Fabriano 140 and 300 lb. watercolor paper. When an original painting is sold, the artist holds the copyright and high-quality acid free prints called giclee can occasionally be offered to collectors. These last for generations in the size of your choice.
If you are interested in a print of a painting that has been sold contact me for availability.
Become an original art piece collector,
Do you have a photo while traveling that you would like to capture in watermedia? Perhaps you have a memory from years ago that is now a faded photo. On a limited basis I paint commissioned pieces if available. Contact me about your idea or learn more about the process by clicking below.
