Elizabeth LaRowe – Billings Arts Association
June 6 - July 26
Color and light are the focus of Elizabeth LaRowe’s artwork. Because of its spontaneous nature, her personal artistic efforts have concentrated on using water media techniques for the past 42 years.
Recently, Elizabeth has been experimenting with watercolor painting on new surfaces other than paper. She has developed unique finishing techniques to create more vivid visual experiences without a glass barrier.
Originally from the Boston , Massachusetts area, Elizabeth N. LaRowe retired after 39 years as an art educator. Her professional educator career included teaching kindergarten through collegiate levels in the New York Catskills; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Dodge City, Kansas; Rigby and Rexburg, Idaho; as well as Powell, Wyoming.
She holds a BFA degree from the University of Denver and a MAT from the University of Wyoming.
Teaching art forces one to analyze artistic and creative processes, breaking them down into small understandable steps with the added benefit of making the teacher a better artist.
Since retiring Elizabeth has enjoyed living in Montana, and Idaho. She feels it is a privilege to live in the West because of the rich resources for artistic inspiration. The changing light and atmospheric conditions are just asking to be painted.
She believes plein-air painting, a technique that is executed outdoors, represents a direct response to the scene or subjects and helps capture the beauty of the area. She has taken workshops under the direction of professional artists; Zoltan Szabo, Tony Couch, Steve Quiller, Charles Reid, Irving Shapiro, Judi Betts, Judy Morris, Nita Leland and Mark Mehaffey. Elizabeth has processed the information and techniques learned at the workshops into her own artistic style.
Throughout the United States Elizabeth has held individual and collaborative art shows. Her paintings have won numerous awards including the Jacksonville Watercolor Society, the Carbon County Art League Juried shows, a purchase award at the Headwaters Art Center, the Ed Robinson Memorial Award from the Idaho Watercolor Society Juried Show 2022. And most recently, Best of Show at the Cody Country Art League.
Her paintings have been published in North Light The Best of Watercolor Books: Splash 16, Exploring Texture, Splash 18, Value and Splash 20, Creative Compositions. Her works adorn homes and businesses throughout the United States. She has been active in local and regional art councils, associations, and societies.
Always the teacher, she is available for art presentations and workshops.
Some of Elizabeth’s work:
