Mandy Elliott's Online Art Gallery

These are paintings dating 2009.

Check out "Paint I" for earlier works.

My main focus this year is to expand my abilities and try new things and new visions. To share my techniques and thoughts so feel free to click on any image to get more detail on it and basic construction notes.

If you have any questions or comments about any of my work, visit the "contact" page. Thank you, and enjoy.

Mandy

Spotlight New Image

"This prayer circle represents the people who chose a new Pastor for a local church. I was given a list of names and asked to paint them on rocks with different other things. Any things. The comissioner was very pleased and from what I heard, so was the prayer group. "-The Artist

More Information

"How did you come up with what to paint on each rock?"

"Well, the first thing I did was white wash the faces I intended on painting. Then I set the rocks in a pile and looked at the list of names. I let my instinct and impulse choose each rock for each person. I didn't know what I was going to paint for them until I started choosing colors and an image started forming in my head."-The Artist.

"Where any of them particularly hard to do?"

"Yes, Bob was surprisingly difficult to paint for. I kept looking at his name and at his rock and I just kept seeing brown. So I painted it and the dark line through it like a root or life line. That was the impression I got. I tried to add to it, but it always seemed wrong so I just left it as is."-The Artist.

"Did you ever meet any of the people you painted these rocks for and of?"

"Actually no. I still have no idea who these people are or why I felt the need to paint them the way I did. I just let it come to me and I have to say, I was very delighted with the overall experience and outcome. I'm not saying it was anything divine but it was peaceful."-The Artist.