Elise Gold Sewall is a contemporary realistic oil painter.
Her interests are painting translucent imagery, reflection, and color.
 

She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design,
Michigan State University studying with the late James Adley,
the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC,
and the Arts Student League in NYC studying with Karen O’Neil.

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After studying painting, Elise honed her ability to portray
refracted light during her career as an award
winning fine jewelry designer in New York City
where she painted the brilliance of precious
stones and metals in her work.
Her fine jewelry designs won both DeBeers and Mikimoto awards.
Designing jewelry informed her painting.
Twenty five years later Elise began devoting all of her time to her art.
 

After years of primarily painting portraits and landscapes
she moved her concentration to still lives.
Her work has been shown and been recognized in juried shows locally, nationally and internationally.
 

"...Light, color and reflection are the key areas I explore
in my paintings. Simply composed, unassuming commonplace
objects that I take for granted have become fascinating and beautiful.
I’m very interested in the subtleties of color that show up in shadows and what’s reflected from one object to another."

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SELECTED PRESS:

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For Elise Gold Sewall, “Transparency and Reflection” Is All About Color and Shadow

ArtSWFL · March 8, 2022
By Tom Hall

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New Artist Spotlight: Elise Sewall
Tower Gallery Newsletter & Island Sun Sanibel-Captiva
Written by Marti Koehler · August 2022
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