Florida Artists Group

Artist's Bio:

Elisabeth Phillipson is an award-winning artist who currently resides and works in Sarasota, Florida. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ms. Phillipson received a BFA from the University of Denver. After moving to Chicago, she established a graphic design studio, working for public relations firms and corporations such as Quaker Oats and United Airlines. An interest in Expressive Arts Therapy led Ms. Phillipson to work for her Master’s of Social Work degree, which resulted in her working as a psychotherapist for some years. Throughout her life, Ms. Phillipson has had a passion for observing and creating art. Previous study has focused on understanding the structure and light of landscape painting, which has morphed into the abstraction of landscapes and non-objective art. 
 
Artist's Statement

Though my work is currently nonobjective, it has often been inspired by landscape and elements of landscape. Looking at expanses of nature and elements of nature, I see abstract compositions of light and dark, and arrangement of pattern and hue. Often, I imagine a landscape flattened, or visualize an aerial perspective. Using these mental images, space becomes ethereal, and perspective variable. The most current body of work emerges from a process that includes bursts of spontaneous mark making, which could be calligraphic line, dripping paint, or scumbled masses, which become partially or entirely buried or hidden and then rebuilt as the work takes on a life of its own and calls for what it needs. It ultimately becomes about shape, line, color, and pattern pushing toward harmony and balance within chaos, until the picture plane registers right. Ms. Phillipson has shown her work in galleries and juried shows and has won a number of awards.  

Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions

2014          Light Chasers Annual Exhibition, HUB, Sarasota, FL
                  Annual Exhibition, Village Art Group, Longbeach, FL
                  Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL
                  Florida Flavor, Art Center Sarasota, FL
                  Applied Practice, Art Center Sarasota, FL
2013         Light Chasers Annual Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, FL                 
                  Light Chasers Paint Out, Sarasota, Florida, Third Place Award, Juried by Morgan Samuel Price
                  Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL,
                 Honorable Mention, Juried by Joseph Arnegger
                  Annual Art Exhibition, Village Art Group, Longbeach, FL
                  Florida Flavor, Art Center Sarasota, FL
                  New Horizons, Art Center Sarasota, FL
                  For the Love of Art, Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
2012         Light Chasers Annual Exhibition, Celery Barn Gallery, Sarasota, FL
                  Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL
                  Honorable Mention, Juried by Brian Haverlock
                  Annual Exhibition, Village Art Group, Longbeach, FL
                  Light and Drama, Manatee Art Center, Bradenton, FL
                  Fall Member Exhibition, Venice Art Center, Venice, Florida, Honorable Mention,
                 Juried by Clare Harvey.
2011         Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, Longboat Key, FL
                  Annual Exhibition, Village Art Group, Longbeach, FL
                  Summer to Fall Artists, Studio at Gulf and Pine, Anna Maria, FL
2010         Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL
                  Annual Exhibition, Village Art Group, Longbeach, FL
                  Garden – A Collaboration with Nature, Art Center Sarasota, FL
                  Abstraction, Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
2009        Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts, FL
                  Annual Exhibition, Village Art Group, Longbeach, FL
                  Latest and Greatest, Venice Art Center, Venice, FL
                  Town Hall Fall Exhibit, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, FL

Awards

2013         Honorable Mention, Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts,
                  Juried by Joseph Arnegger
                  Third Place Award, Light Chasers Paint Out, Sarasota, FL, Juried by
                  Morgan Samuel Price
2012        Honorable Mention, Juried Member’s Exhibition, Longboat Key Center for the Arts,
                  Juried by Brian Haverlock
                  Honorable Mention, Fall Member’s Exhibition, Venice Art Center, Venice, FL,
                 Juried by Clare Harvey

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