Elaine Lisle
Elaine Lisle is a Philadelphia painter known for her lively and colorful landscapes and cityscapes. Her paintings are rendered with crisp brushwork and delight the viewer with light and bold use of color as well as a sense of intimacy. Lisle’s use of the figure in the landscape tends to make the subject more accessible by making it more personal. By working “en plein air” regularly, she is able to bring the rich sense of immediacy to her larger studio works as well.
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Lisle looks for motifs in the Landscape that provide deeper interpretations than the literal composition. She is inspired by open-air markets, cafes and busy street corners, where capturing the moment can be challenging and complicated. She has travelled with her easel to vineyards in France and fjords in Alaska as well as the New England mountains and coast.
Lisle’s work can be found in private and corporate collections around the globe. In addition to Newman & Saunders Galleries, she is represented in the Philadelphia area by Gross McCleaf Gallery. She has exhibited widely in the Mid-Atlantic region as well as in New York, Bronxville, and London. Her work has received numerous awards including a 2nd place in the Plein Air Magazine Salon Competition and the Paint America top 100 Award. Her work was recently featured in American Art Collector Magazine as well as in the book Philadelphia Originals by Joseph Glantz. Her work was also selected for publication in the Philadelphia Business Journal Book of Lists, 2013. Lisle received a Bachelors degree in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and she also did post-graduate work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She is on the faculty of the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA.
Bachelors in Psychology and Fine Arts, Academic Distinction, Benjamin Franklin Scholar
1979-1980 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Post Baccalaureate Study in Painting
2013 Waverly Heights Auditorium, Streets and Vistas, Gladwyne, PA
2012 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia PA
2010 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Gallery Bellaria, Bryn Mawr, PA
2006 Speer Gallery, The Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, PA
2004 The Educational Testing Service, Conant Hall, Corporate Headquarters Princeton, NJ
2004 Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Commerce Square One, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1999 The Educational Testing Service, Conant Hall, Corporate Headquarters Princeton, NJ
1998 Wren Fellini Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
1997 1521 Gallery, Philadelphia PA
1996 Burrison Art Gallery, Two person show The Faculty Club, University of Pennsylvania
2013 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Beauty Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Artists’ House Gallery, Retirement Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Newman & Saunders Galleries, Wayne PA
2013 Main Line Art Center, Jewels & Treasures, Haverford, PA
2013 Notre Dame Academy Invitational
2012 Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Main Line Art Center, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2012 Artists’ House Gallery, Summer Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Ludington Library, Vineyards & Villages
2012 Notre Dame Academy Invitational
2011 Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Main Line Art Center, C3: Create, Connect, Collect, Haverford, PA
2011 Main Line Art Center, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2011 Artists’ House Gallery, Summer Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Artists’ House Gallery, Celebration of Music, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Main Line Art Center, There’s Always Room for Dessert, Haverford, PA
2011 Notre Dame Academy Invitational
2010 Wayne Art Center, Feast For the Eyes, Wayne, PA
2010 Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Rosenfeld Gallery, Camphill Invitational Plein Air Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Artists’ House Gallery, Summer Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Main Line Art Center, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2010 Chester Springs Studio Gallery, Landscape into Abstraction
2010 State Museum of Pennsylvania, Art of the State, Harrisburg, PA
2010 Notre Dame Academy Invitational
2009 Artists’ House Gallery, Small Works Show, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Rosenfeld Gallery, Beaver Farm Invitational Plein Air Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Sherry French Gallery, The Four Seasons, New York, NY
2009 Artists’ House Gallery, Back to Cezanne, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Main Line Art Center, Invitational, Haverford, PA
2008 Sherry French Gallery, Small Sizes, New York, NY
2008 Sherry French Gallery, Mainely Maine - Landscape paintings from Maine and Beyond, New York, NY
2008 Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Main Line Art Center, Living with Art, Haverford, PA
2008 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Brandywine Realty Trust Building, Art on the Avenue
2007 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artworks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Main Line Art Center, Living with Art, Haverford, PA
2006 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artworks Gallery - Winter Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Objects and Images Fine Art, Holiday Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
2006 Gallery Bellaria, Grand Opening Exhibition, Bryn Mawr, PA
2005 Main Line Art Center, Living with Art, Haverford, PA
2005 Chestnut Hill Gallery, Grand Opening Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Main Line Art Center, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2005 Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Manna, A Show of Hands - Benefit Auction
2005 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artworks Gallery - Mixed Media Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Main Line Art Center, Living with Art, Haverford, PA
2004 Main Line Art Center, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2004 McNeill Gallery, Radlett, England
2004 Art Institute & Gallery 13th National Juried Exhibition, Salisbury MD
2004 Hahn Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artworks Gallery - Mixed Media Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Objects and Images Fine Art, The Best of New York, Bronxville, NY
2003 15 Exposures, National juried exhibition of PAFA alumni at USArtists, Juror’s Honorable Mention
2003 Main Line Art Center, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Haverford, PA
2003 Commerce Square One, Featured Artist, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Gallery at Shipley Shops
2003 Woodmere Art Museum, Annual Members Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Main Line Art Center, Arts Festival Invitational Show, Haverford, PA
2003 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artworks Gallery - Mixed Media Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2002 F.A.N. Gallery, Mixed Media Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Wayne Art Center, CraftForms, Invitational Exhibition of Fine Art, Wayne, PA
2002 F.A.N. Gallery, Fresh Art, Philadelphia, PA
2002 Main Line Art Center, Journey’s Taken, Haverford, PA, Award
2002 Main Line Art Center, Critic’s Choice, selected by Gerrit Henry, Art Critic, Haverford, PA
2002 Hahn Gallery, Winter Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Hahn Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Mile of Art, Bryn Mawr, PA
2001 Wayne Art Center, National Open Juried Exhibition, Wayne, PA
2001 The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
2000 Hahn Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Manayunk Community Arts Center, Awards Finalist Show, Philadelphia, PA
2000 William Penn Charter Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia PA
2000 The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
1999 The Main Line Art Center, Eventful Art - A Millennium Exhibit, Haverford, PA
1999 American College, Impressions XVIII, Bryn Mawr, PA, 2nd Place
1999 Cosmopolitan Club, Philadelphia, PA
1999 The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
1999 The Schuylkill Printing Plant Gallery, A Juried Exhibition of Landscapes, Conshohocken, PA
1999 Wren Fellini Gallery, Bryn Mawr PA
1998 The Station Gallery, French Landscapes, Greenville, DE
1998 Wren Fellini Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
1998 Orbit Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Museum of American Art, PAFA Fellowship Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Rodger LaPelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1997 American College, Impressions XVI, Bryn Mawr, PA
1997 The Station Gallery, Greenville, DE
1996 Federal Reserve Bank, Artists Equity Juried Exhibit, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Main Line Art Center, Juried Members Exhibition, Haverford, PA
1996 American College, Impressions XV, Bryn Mawr, PA, 3rd Place
1996 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Woodmere Art Museum, 56th Annual Exhibition, Dr. Paul D. Schweizer, Juror, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1995 ArtForms Gallery, Small Works-Big Ideas, Lisa Panzera, Juror, Manayunk, PA
1995 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Annual Group Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Borders Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Gross McCleaf Gallery, Other Places, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Artworks Gallery, From Manayunk to Margate, Margate, NJ
1995 Contemporary Realism ‘95, Benefit Show for the Pennsylvania Horticultural Sopciety
1995 Delaware Center For the Contemporary Arts, Definitions of Community & Place, Alyson Pou, Juror, travelling to 3 locations in Delaware
2009 Finalist, Artists Magazine Oil Painting Competition
2008 Paint America Top 100 Selection
2005 Best of Pennsylvania, Kennedy Publications, Inc.
2002 Mary Schweitzer Lalli Award in Oils, Journey’s Taken Exhibit, Main Line Art Center
2002 Selected by critic Gerrit Henry to for critic-in-residence program, Main Line Art Center
2001 Oil painting Award, National Juried Art competition, Wayne Art Center, Sam Hunter, Juror
1999 2nd Place, Impressions XVIII, Main Line Chamber of Commerce, American College
1997 First Place, Concours des Peintres Gaillacois, Gaillac, France
1997 Finalist, CRABBIE Awards Cover Competition for National Art Magazine
1996 3rd Place, Impressions XV, American College
1991 Art Shop Award for Oil Painting, Main Line Art Center
Philadelphia Business Journal, Book of Lists - One of 5 artists selected, 2013
Southwest Art Magazine, Featured artist in column by Courtney Carpenter, September 2011
Washington Square Association Invitation, May 2010 and May 2011
Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania’s Art of the State has Poignance, Victoria Donahoe, July 9, 2010
Philadelphia Originals, Joseph Glantz – One of featured artists, Schiffer Publishing, 2009
Paris Welcome, Cover, July 2006
Dartmouth College PowWow Invitation, Cover, May 2006
Splendor of Washington Greeting Cards, May 2006
Environmental Protection Agency, Booklet Cover, April 2006
County Times, page 142, May 2006
The Daily Times, Maryland, Page E1 September 12, 2004
Philadelphia Inquirer, Weekend Section, March 28, 2004
Chestnut Hill Local, Review, April 5, 2004
Montgomery County Town & Country Living Magazine, Artist Profile, December 2003
The Manchester Journal, Manchester, VT July 25, 2003
Blue Cross of Philadelphia
Charles Picchioni, DMD, Dental Offices
Drucker & Scaccetti
Clearfield, Gaber, Kofsky & Penney PC
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Genatics, Inc.
Giordano, Inc.
Heart Institute of Southern New Jersey
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Lankenau Hospital
Lubert Adler, Inc.
Merck & Co., Inc.
Murray, Devine & Co.
PECO Energy
Penn Cardiology
Pennsylvania Trust Company
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
Spector, Gadon & Rosen, PC
Tower Bridge Advisors, Inc.
Wilmington Trust Company