Art in Giving

It gives me pleasure to use creativity for healing purposes and to encourage people to express themselves through art. The creative process of a piece of art could be a masterpiece for the soul.

I started to paint in 1998. I was drawn to it for therapeutic reasons. I took lessons with artists whose work I enjoyed and whose work inspired me. I later developed my own style and continue to do so.

My signature piece is Flowers for Hope. It is a field of Flowers with tulips facing different directions painted on colorful grass much like the different paths that life takes us. The painting is created using watercolors and generates smiles.
It was jury selected by the WGBH Art Committee for the Two Collection Auction in 2000.  A similar large painting of Flowers for Hope hangs in the main lobby of Newton Wellesley Hospital. Other paintings that were jury selected include the Bird Bath and Fruits of Life.

I am drawn to colorful floral arrangements. I am also drawn to branches on a tree with a background of a blue sky. Several of my paintings include flowers with a sky or ocean background.

My favorite colors are purple, blue, pink and yellow. You will notice curves in most of my paintings. To me, curves represent movement. Motion represents life and growth. The yellow colors represent sunshine and happiness. Pink and purple are colors of hope.

I also paint in oils and use a lot of oil paint on my canvas. The very first oil painting I created was sold the first day it was displayed in a gallery on Newbury Street.

My oil paintings include abstracts, landscape, ocean scenes and flowers. I have developed a unique style both with my watercolors and my oils and hope to draw in the viewer.

Eliane Markoff
www.sowaartistsguild.com
www.artingiving.org
esmarkoff@verizon.net

450 Harrison Avenue   Studio 222   Boston, MA 02118   Mob 617 877 4230