Elizabeth Locke

Fascinated by patterns of light and dark and abstract shapes, Elizabeth Locke, in a style that combines realism, tonalism and impressionism, paints landscapes, figures, animal and still-lifes subjects.  A resident of Texas, she prefers to paint en plein air so that she is responding to something real time.

Locke is also an art educator, having operated an art school in Austin for several decades.  In 2000, she and her students went to Giverny, France, the home property of French Impressionist Claude Monet.  By day they painted the French countryside and then painted his gardens in the late afternoon and evening and with special privileges, were allowed to paint after dark.   She said that becaus   ...  Displaying 750 of 2600 characters.