Elizabeth Breakell
Oil and Pastel Paintings
Media Pennsylvania

still life, landscapes, interiors, people and places

 A lifelong student of painting, Pennsylvania native Elizabeth Breakell works alla prima  primarily in oils and pastels. With a background in scientific and technical illustration Elizabeth has softened the edges of her subjects and infused them with light.

 

Studying with regional and national artists such as Christine Lafuente, Donna Cusano, Scott Noel, and others over the last fifteen years has rounded out Elizabeth's training.  Her plein air landscapes capture the essence of a day whether a cornfield, a coastline or brightly blooming treeline. Stories unfold through her interior scenes, sunlight filtering through the sheers, blocks of light on the floor, the viewer is transported through her images.

 

 

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2010   Dew Drop Inn, Swarthmore, Pa

2009  Sweet Potato Cafe & Bakery, Media, PA; New Orleans Scenes

Juried

2010  Delaware Valley Art League:   "Sights and Scenes of the Delaware Valley" West Chester, Pa

2010  Philadelphia Sketch Club, The Art of the Flower

2010  Philadelphia Water Club, Newman Gallery, Works on Paper

2009  Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA; IN PERSON, A celebration of the human form

2007       New Jersey Pastel Painters Society, Marlton, NJ; 1st Annual Open Juried Exhibition 

Invited

2010       Union City Grille: "Art on the Town", Wilmington Delaware

2010       Center for the Creative Arts, Yorklyn, DE; Local Color

2008       Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA; Dear Fleisher!

2008      Philadelphia Water Color Society 100th Anniversary International Exhibition of Works on                     Paper, McKinney & Long Galleries in Mitchell Hall, West Chester University 

2005      Hardcastle Gallery, Centreville, DE; Donna Neithammer -Cusano – A touch of class

Awards

2008  Aurelius Renzetti Memorial Award,Fleisher Art Memorial 

2008  Special Merit Award for two “a la Prima” paintings, Fleisher Art Memorial

2008  Honorable Mention, The Delaware Valley Art League - Penn Med Summer Show

 

Education

Trained as a technical and scientific illustrator

Attended Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Professional Affiliations

Delaware Valley Art League

Artists Equity Association

Philadelphia Water Color Society

Main Line Art Center

Community Art Center

Chester County Art Association

Media Arts Council


 

 

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