Elaine Lisle is a Philadelphia based artist whose work explodes with color and light. She has exhibited widely in the mid-atlantic as well as New York and London. Her original paintings are done in oil and she loves to work plein air as well developing larger works in the studio. "My paintings express the feeling of awe I have with the landscape. They are more likely to be joyous, energetic, vibrant, complex works as opposed to gentle, pastel or brooding canvasses. I look for the surprise in the composition, whether it be a statement made by a lone figure, a spot of orange found in an otherwise green wood, or an unusual lavender reflection in a river at dusk. It is exciting for me to take an ordinary scene and make it extraordinary."