- April 28, 2024
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Elisa Boughner revealed her ‘Beguiled by Color’ collection July 10.
For Elisa Boughner, artistic inspiration is literally everywhere she looks.
“I could see a vase I love somewhere,” Boughner said, “or get inspiration from where I live. When it comes to art, everything is up for grabs.”
Her current collection, “Beguiled by Color,” was created after her college professor made her produce 35 pieces a week for a class assignment. Slowly they grew into her signature art statement, vivid oil paintings currently being showcased at the Ormond Memorial Art Museum. Twenty-nine paintings will be on display till Sept. 6, and Boughner hopes the vibrancy of the colors will evoke some emotion for viewers.
“Color holds an emotional bond for the viewer and the artist alike,'' said the Chicago-based artist in a press release. “The subject may reveal intent of vision but color reveals the soul of the artist.''
Boughner was raised in Mexico, another great influence for her use of bright colors. For more inspiration, she regularly visits the Chicago Botanic Garden, and she takes pictures rather than put flowers together in a vase.
During the exhibits opening reception, Boughner said she first fell in love with art when she was just a child.
“I loved anything that was creating,” she said. “My favorite it always the one I just completed.”
Congratulations Elisa!
Elisa Boughner recently learned she is a grant recipient from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and the first given to Filipinos.
The funding for "Art and Anthropology: Portrait of an Object as Filipino," will be administered through the FMNS. This grant from MacArthur Foundation will feature an exchange between five Filipino artists from the U.S. and five from the Philippines, producing 12 new works of art. Each artist will create a painting portraying a Filipino artifact from the museum’s collection.
In addition, all 10 artists will be creating an interactive mural in both places, which will be donated to the respective sponsoring institutions in each country.
