Elaine Coombs lives and works in San Francisco, California. Born and educated in Ontario, Canada, she moved to the Bay Area in 2001 after several years of travel and work abroad. Her paintings have been exhibited across the United States from California to Maine, as well as in Canada, Europe, and Asia.
In her latest artwork, Elaine is exploring the use of metallic paints to create other worldly sunsets and sky-scapes. Additionally, she continues to investigate the effects of sunlight and fog as they relate to her ongoing fascination with the forest landscape environment. Her trademark dot technique is painstakingly handmade and yet evokes a pixelated computer image when viewed up close. Indeed, the work presents a duality of vision – one that juxtaposes the physical and the emotional, the figurative and the abstract, the handmade and the manufactured.
In her latest artwork, Elaine is exploring the use of metallic paints to create other worldly sunsets and sky-scapes. Additionally, she continues to investigate the effects of sunlight and fog as they relate to her ongoing fascination with the forest landscape environment. Her trademark dot technique is painstakingly handmade and yet evokes a pixelated computer image when viewed up close. Indeed, the work presents a duality of vision – one that juxtaposes the physical and the emotional, the figurative and the abstract, the handmade and the manufactured.
