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Ask Us About Our
Art Rental &
Interior Designer
Programs!!
Gallery Available
for Private Parties and Receptions
Katharine Butler Gallery
1943 Morrill Street
Sarasota, FL 34236
941.955.4546
Hours:
Tues-Sat 11-4 pm/Friday 11-4 pm; 6-9 pm.
Artist receptions and
Third Friday Towles Court Artwalks
are 3rd Friday of each month from 6-10 pm.
ELIZABETH ST. HILAIRE NELSON
EXHIBITION DATES February 18th - March 14th, 2009
Artist Statement My love of collage started with a scrap box of memoirs from my childhood (First Haircut snip included) that my father passed down to me a few years ago. Stuffing these tidbits into a box beneath my bed seemed very anticlimactic –– but what does one do with the original hospital bill for their birth and Mom’s nursing school graduation cards from 1967? I decided to find a way to incorporate these papers, notes and snippets into a figurative collage “painting.” This piece, Looking in on Jane (a portrait of my mother), won Best of Show at Orlando Visual Artists League (OVAL) in 2005 and plunged me head-first into a pool of possibility with collage. My technique has evolved and changed as a result of experimentation with hand-painted, hand-made, and found papers, maps, magazines, Scrabble tiles and memorabilia. I draw inspiration from potential collage matierals that I come across in my day-to-day; chopstick wrappers, tea-bag tags and the kids’ homework included! Biography Clare Zipperly of Fifth Avenue Art Gallery in Melbourne, FL judged her work “Best of Show” in 2007 and stated: “Elizabeth uses paper much like a mosaic artist might use tiles in assembling a piece, or she may use layer upon layer of transparent papers to get the rich effect and colors she wants. Her work is simply a must see (up close).” Recent accomplishments include advancing to the finals (six artists, nationwide) of the U.S. Olympic Committee “Sport Art Competition” in conjunction with the 2008 Bejing Olympics. Locally she was awarded “Best of Show” at the Women’s Caucus for Arts Matriarchs and Madonnas exhibit at the University Club in Winter Park, FL in 2007. After working for several years in advertising and marketing firms in Central Florida as a graphic
designer, St. Hilaire Nelson decided that punching a clock was cramping her style! To resolve this, she co-founded Nelson Creative, Inc., a communication design firm in Longwood, FL in 1997 with her Elizabeth St. Hilaire Nelson, born and raised in New England, has lived in Central Florida for the past 15 years. She holds a B.F.A. in advertising design from Syracuse University, in Syracuse, New York. She is a member of the Florida Chapter of the Women’s Caucus for Art, and the National Collage Society. When asked why she chose to become an artist, St. Hilaire Nelson states, “I have always been an artist. We have a painting hanging in our home that I?created in Kindergarten. I can still remember my excitement standing at the little easel with big fat brushes and my trash-bag smock – free to create anything I wanted...” she adds, “Painting takes me back to that freedom of being that child again.” |
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Coq de Bruyére Subject: Roosters Medium: Collage Dimension: 24 in W x 20 in H Price: $1,150 Quantity: 1 |
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Du Coq a l’Ane Subject: Roosters Medium: Collage w/ acrylic Dimension: 24 in W x 20 in H Price: $1,150 Quantity: 1 |
Jambes de Coq Subject: Roosters Medium: Collage w/ acrylic Dimension: 24 in W x 20 in H Price: $1,150 Quantity: 1 |
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Le Fait de Chercher l’Amour Subject: Roosters Medium: Collage Dimension: 20 in W x 24 in H Price: $1,150 Quantity: 1 |
Liberté Subject: Roosters Medium: Collage w/ acrylic Dimension: 24 in W x 20 in H Price: $1,150 Quantity: 1 |
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Rouge Comme un Coq Subject: Roosters Medium: Collage Dimension: 20 in W x 24 in H Price: $1,150 Quantity: 1 |