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Tree across from Wialuku Coffee Company

My name is Margaret Elliott. I paint because I feel compelled by the challenge to balance contrasts of value, abstract shapes, warm/cool colors and soft/sharp edges, to form a pleasing composition. It's a practice that keeps me in the moment and appreciative of what I observe. My art training has been in classes and workshops. In 1994 I started with an intensive workshop program offered by The Academy of Realist Art in Washington. More recently I have been enrolled in Atelier Maui. I've been most fortunate to have gotten instruction from and been influenced by some wonderful painters, including: Gary Fagin Dorallen Davis Jane Heaphy Jeannett La Grue Peggy Kroll Roberts Sherrill Miller Stanley Goldstein Randy Sexton Kay...