Elizabeth Sullivan

Elizabeth Sullivan’s work is a synthesis of memory, conversation and process.  The memory of a place, a scent, a certain time of day, a person.  Studio conversations with other artists ranging from prehistoric Cycladic sculptors to Titian to 21st century contemporaries.  The process of applying thick, luminous oil paint and watching as it interacts with thin, fragile drawing marks.   Although painted in an abstracted style, her work is firmly grounded in daily reality, be it the ordinary transactions of daily life or the beauty of a farm field in late fall twilight.  Her paintings are encounters for the viewer, “giving back layers of meaning which are experienced but may not be described.”  

Elizabeth has studied at the Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC and the Museum School in Boston, MA. She currently lives in Maryland, and her work is in various private and public collections including Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines and the Washington International Energy Group.