A lot’s happened since Lindee Sabic (now, Lindee Elliott) was featured on the Laurel cover three years ago. She’s always been a go-getter, a creative teacher, and fine water-colorist.
But she swung the doors even wider since we last spoke, welcoming a new husband to her innermost realm.
Further, she’s incorporated eye-popping, painting techniques into her ever-evolving style, which continues to be focused on water-base pigments.
She loves watercolor’s rich hues and the movement it possesses. The wet-on-wet process intrigues her most. Nature (gravity, weight, crevices and bumps on surfaces) can work with the artist, but the results can also be a complete surprise.
“If you don’t like surprises,” laughs Lindee, “Stick with pastel crayons.”
Among her other recent adventures, she illustrated botanicals, in ink, in Living Your Best Life with Fibromyalgia.
Her marriage invites a lot more travel. Hendersonville is often where she hangs her artist’s chapeau these days. She’s stretching her comfort zone in a lot of directions, with nature exploration and with figure-painting, perfecting a fly-fishermen portrait recently.
Whew! That work was loaded with movement, wind, waves, and unpredictable wigglings. There were flies and fishing line and rods and castings, and fisherman-appendages flipping around as fast as the fish. It was the equivalent of managing a flying fish rodeo.
She’s also playing around with water-base pigment-fade. Different brands, over time, develop tricky light-fastness, so she’s intent on preserving her pieces for her long-term commissions.
Since her elementary school days, when her work was sold in a general store across from her school, her art continues to warm her heart.
Daily, she announces, “I still take joy in saying ‘I did this!’ That brings me more joy than anything.”
And if you want to take a class, and have some joy for yourself, give her a call. She’s also teaching personal art getaway sessions at Meraki Escape in Brevard.
Contact info: lindeeart@gmail.com, website: phone/text: (828) 384-0875; lindeeartstudio.com. Keep an eye on her website blog for new events and classes.
Lindee’s prints and cards are featured on her website and can be ordered there.
Meet Lindee at The Laurel’s May Cover Artist Reception at High Country Wine and Provisions in Highlands on Tuesday, May 6, 5:30 – 7:00 P.M. – and raise a glass to her. RSVP
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