Bio
Elo Wobig is a artist with a lifelong fascination for the natural world. A student of biological sciences, she honed her artistic skills alongside her previous career as an emergency physician. A commitment to drawing and serving her community through creative projects, these endeavors eventually led to commissioned artwork, reigniting her desire to become a full-time painter. Elo's love of hiking and exploring new places with her family provide endless inspiration for her landscape paintings.
Elo's dedication to her craft has earned her much recognition in regional and national juried competitions. She has achieved Signature member status in the American Impressionist Society Her work has been included in the permanent collections of esteemed institutions such as the Maryhill Museum of Art , The Museum of the Oregon Territory and published in International Artist Magazine.
Through her art, Elo hopes to inspire wonder and joy by reflecting the beauty of our world while glorifying God and His creation.
Artist Statement
Elo Wobig is landscape painter whose work is characterized by vivid color and calligraphic brush strokes of complex scenes. Most of her paintings originate en plein air from locations across the Pacific NW. Above all, capturing color is her primary inspiration, followed by a love of describing through drawing. She intentionally includes features within the location so that the viewer might recognize the time and place. In doing so, she invites her audience to envision the beauty she finds in ordinary places. She employs a full palette of color and textures in her oil paintings. In addition, she maintains a practice of recording her travels in gouache, pen and watercolor sketches.
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