Toad's Tea Ceremony. A still life
referenced in Elizabeth's work.
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Autumn leaves outside the door.
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Elizabeth Kincaid
Elizabeth Kincaid creates exquisitely rendered, expertly crafted
watercolors. Her subjects include still lifes, landscapes, and images
of animals and nature. Elizabeth has clearly mastered her craft,
and is able to imply fine detail with a few skillfully refined strokes
of her brush. Elizabeth uses a naturalistic palette, with a touch
of vibrancy that causes her images to practically jump from the paper.
The use of very subtle transparent layers of color enhances the impression
of volume and depth in her work. Elizabeth makes extensive use of
stencil techniques to block out areas of the paper, minimizing the possibility
of making mistakes, and resulting in crisp-edged regions of color that
adds to the realism of the work. This year, Elizabeth has translated
her creative vision from watercolor to etching, with a series of luminous
images of forested landscapes.
Elizabeth states; “My etchings are done with a particular technique
called Aquatint, which means “like watercolor”. Aquatint allows me
to create tones rather than lines, so I can make the same kinds of
tonal images that I create with paint…... My Aquatint etchings are made
with one plate that is rubbed with from one to three colors of ink.
Once the soft zinc plate is completed, it is sent out to be coated with
chromium so it will be tough enough to withstand the printing of a limited
edition. I work on the plates at a professional etching studio in
the San Juan islands of Washington State. When I have finished a
plate, the resident printmakers make the prints. To create the full
color look of a watercolor, I hand paint portions of each print with
watercolor in my home studio.”
"Sycamore Winter"
Elizabeth's watercolors combine a naturalistic palette and a
crisp graphic style.
Elizabeth's palettes are large and thoughtfully arranged, allowing
her to keep her color pure as she works.
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"Forest Stream"
Elizabeth's first edition of hand colored etchings.
"Harvest"
"Catch!"
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