Ken Elliott

Ken Elliott comes from a background of working in the art gallery and ancillary art businesses for over 40 years. As an artist for 25 of those years, he can speak to the business and creative aspects of being a professional artist. He studied with Wolf Kahn for a month at the Santa Fe Art Institute Master Class program, coming away with enough information for a lifetime. For decades he has been associated with a number of wonderful and successful artists. As a former gallery dealer, he has a great deal of experience and knowledge about past and present artists and their reasons for success. 

Having grown up in the arts with framing, gallery management and as an artist, he has much to offer to the hobbyist and professional artist. This workshop is open to artists of all skill levels. Ken will discuss strategies for creating better artworks with a variety of common and creative tools. The workshop will focus the strategies for making better paintings, going to new places in your work and how to make fine art. Much attention will be given to improving your own artworks and career. Ken will demonstrate painting using oils. He will discuss the idea of making strong starts and keeping the way open for more interesting and dramatic finishes. Ken is a very hands-on teacher, so there will be some collaboration if you are open to it.