Contemporary Paintings by Elise Covlin

Elise Covlin is a 25 year resident of Taos, New Mexico which is located north of Santa Fe. This picturesque and inspiring town in the heart of the Southwest lies in a valley between the Rio Grande and the Sangre de Cristo mountains,and is home to the historic Taos Pueblo. The artist is renown for her Southwestern style of furniture and is currently focusing on pleine air paintings including: churches of the southwest, landscapes of the Rio Grande Gorge, the Rocky Mountains, and the New Mexican village scenes. She paints horses, sheep, cattle, and cats; wild sage and garden flowers including tiger lilies, sunflowers, and iris. She occasionally incorporates charcoal, gouache, and inks into her watercolors. During winter months she does studio work with floral still lifes and figure drawing models.  She has become more modernistic in the last few years with a series of bold minimalistic acrylics. Her works have been compared to Matisse, Gauguin, Remington, and her horses are reminiscent of the cave paintings of Lascaux.

Elise also creates works in clay, composes lyrical paper cuts, and jewel like acrylic paintings. As series are completed, new works will be featured on this website. If you have any interest in a particular medium and / or subject matter please let us know by submitting your email address and we will include you on our mailing list - our vehicle to accommodate your fine art needs.