Elaine Moynihan Lisle, artist
 

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About the Artist ................................................... Elaine Lisle  is an oil-painter known for her lively and colorful street scenes depicting people engaged in life. Her landscapes and cityscapes are rendered with crisp bold brushwork and delight the viewer with light and color as well as a sense of intimacy. Her work can be found in numerous private and corporate collections. She is represented in the Philadelphia area by  The Artists' House Gallery, and the Artworks gallery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is also affiliated with galleries in London and Bronxville,New York. Elaine studied painting at the University of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  Her studio is located at the Sherman Mills complex in East Falls, Philadelphia.

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       Studio: 3502 Scotts lane
                  Studio 1921 Box 46C
                  Philadelphia, PA  19129

  Telephone: 610-405-3560
  
Finally, the best works of Elaine M. Lisle ...lay brightly colored shapes across cityscapes and town vistas with an almost
decorative suspense, sometimes arranging these scenes in fleet ways showing breezy intentions. ...she represents reality as mood.
...Philadelphia Inquirer

"Think of Elaine Lisle as Philadelpia’s very own Edward Hopper. Instead of chronicling the dreary workaday existences of Depression-era
city dwellers, however, Lisle uses her soft but realistic voice to paint pictures of a city in transition."
…Philadelphia Weekly

"Bright , exuberant color and bold contrasts of sunny afternoon light are hallmarks of Lisle’s work. Lisle renders realistic skylines and
streeetscapes, reproducing those elements that particularly enhance the composition."
…Main Line Life

"Lisle's forte is action in the landscape. She inhabits her paintings with people... even the rural scenes possess a certain gesture of
presence. Lisle reiterates the sense of movement and life in her actual painting style, which renders the landscape and the people
and animated objects in it in crisp, bold, brushwork."
…Chestnut Hill Local

Education:
    Penna Academy of Fine Arts, 1979-80
    Post Baccalaureate Study in Painting
   University of Pennsylvania 1972-76
      Bachelors in Psychology and Fine Arts, Academic Distinction, Benjamin Franklin Scholar.
Faculty Affiliation:
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Exhibitions (partial list)
Artists' House Gallery New Artists Exhibit, March 2008
Art on the Avenue, Brandywine Realty Trust Building, Radnor, PA  9/07-12/07
Art of the City, City Hall Exhibits, Philadelphia, PA  9/07-10/07
Gallery Bellaria, Solo, Bryn Mawr, PA  September 2006
The Educational Testing Service , Solo, Princeton, NJ  September 2004
Hahn Gallery, Solo, Philadelphia, PA   April, 2004
McNeill Gallery, Radlett, England January 2004
15 Exposures, National juried exhibition of PAFA alumni at USArtists 2003
Commerce Square One, solo, Philadelphia, 2003
“The Best of New York" Objects & Images Fine Art Inc. Bronxville, NY 2003
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia  2003
FAN Gallery, Philadelphia, August, 2002
Hahn Gallery, Solo, Philadelphia, PA   May, 2001
Eventful Art, A Millennium Exhibit, The Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA 2000
Wren Fellini Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA 5/13/98-6/12/98
1521 Gallery, Philadelphia PA 9/97-10/97
Burrison Art Gallery,  Two person, University of Pennsylvania,  1996
Gross McCleaf Gallery,  Other Places  1995

Awards:
Selected for inclusion in “Best of Pennsylvania”  Kennedy Publications, Inc. 2005
Mary Schweitzer Lallli Award in Oils, Journey's Taken, Members Exhibition, Main Line Art Center, 6/02
Critic in residence program, sponsored by the Main Line Art Center. March 22- April 18, 2002
Oil painting award, National Juried Art competition, Wayne Art Center, juror- Sam Hunter, 5/01
2nd Place, Impressions XVIII MainLine Chamber of Commerce, American College, 9/99
Works published in "New Art international" 1998
First Place, Concours des Peintres Gaillacois, Gaillac France, 7/20/97
Finalist, CRABBIE Awards Cover Competition for National Art Magazine 7/97
3^rd Place, Impressions XV, American College, Bryn Mawr, PA 9/96
Art Shop Award for Oil Painting, Main Line Art Center, 11/91

Print (selected)
Philadelphia Originals, hardcover book due in September 2008
Paris Welcome, cover June-July 2006
Dartmouth College PowWow Invitation, Cover May 2006
Splendor of Washington Greeting Cards, May 2006
Environmental Protection Agency, Booklet cover, April 2006
County Times,  p. 142 May 2006
The Daily Times, Maryland, Page E1 9/12/04
Philadelphia Inquirer, Weekend Section,  March 28,2004
Chestnut Hill Local, April 5, 2004  Review
Montgomery County Town & Country Living Magazine, Artist Profile, December 2003
The Manchester Journal,  Manchester, VT  July 25, 2003
PCEH Christmas Card reproduction, 2003
Lecture at Main Line Art Center, May 22, 2003
Critic’s Choice- show catalog, reproduction and critique by art critic Gerrit Henry, March 2002
Philadelphia Inquirer, “Showcase for Local Artists” Victoria Donahue, March 2002
Suburban and Wayne Times May 17, 2001 Review
Works published in "New Art international" 1998
Main Line Life, May 14, 1998 Review
Philadelphia Inquirer, Weekend Section,  November 6, 1998
Philadelphia Weekly,  August 27, 1997 Review