WILLOUGHBY ELLIOTT
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
I have always had an interest in light and how it is affected by atmosphere. I think that is one of the main reasons I started painting landscapes. Unlike the traditional Impressionist painter, however, who also shares these same interests, my own involvement is less with the observational and scientific and more with the emotive and sensual. I would like the observer to “feel” what the space is all about. My interest in landscape is really in the space itself. I don’t deal with the things in the space except in a very primal way. The elements of earth, water, light and atmospheres are the ingredients in a natural drama that is continually playing itself out. The paintings shown here are part of a recent series that deals with energy changes within a space… storms and their aftermath.
— Willoughby Elliott
— Willoughby Elliott
Born 1943 in Los Angeles, CA. Passed April 12, 2016, at age 72.
Education:
California Institute of the Arts, BFA Painting
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Painting
Achievements:
Chairperson for the Department of Fine Art, UMASS Dartmouth
Honors:
Chancellor Professor Emeritus, UMASS Dartmouth
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California Willoughby (Bill) Elliott received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles) and an MFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1967.
At the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Bill was a beloved teacher and highly respected colleague. He taught drawing, painting and printmaking over a career of 44 years. He served as Chairperson for the Department of Fine Arts and retired as Chancellor Professor Emeritus. Bill was a prolific artist, a silkscreen printmaker in early years and later a painter of New England landscapes. His work was well respected and exhibited frequently by galleries and art organizations in Boston, Cape Cod and throughout Massachusetts. Bill’s work was also selected for numerous exhibitions and juried competition, including these reputable regional institutions and museums:
Art Institute of Boston
Attleboro Museum
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston Printmakers National
Brockton Art Museum
DeCordova Museum
Danforth Museum of Art
Duxbury Art Complex
Framingham Art Museum
Marion Art Center
New Bedford Art Museum
Newport (Rhode Island) Art Museum
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Worcester Art Museum
Education:
California Institute of the Arts, BFA Painting
Rhode Island School of Design, MFA Painting
Achievements:
Chairperson for the Department of Fine Art, UMASS Dartmouth
Honors:
Chancellor Professor Emeritus, UMASS Dartmouth
Born and raised in Los Angeles, California Willoughby (Bill) Elliott received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Chouinard Art Institute (now California Institute of the Arts in Los Angeles) and an MFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design in 1967.
At the University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, Bill was a beloved teacher and highly respected colleague. He taught drawing, painting and printmaking over a career of 44 years. He served as Chairperson for the Department of Fine Arts and retired as Chancellor Professor Emeritus. Bill was a prolific artist, a silkscreen printmaker in early years and later a painter of New England landscapes. His work was well respected and exhibited frequently by galleries and art organizations in Boston, Cape Cod and throughout Massachusetts. Bill’s work was also selected for numerous exhibitions and juried competition, including these reputable regional institutions and museums:
Art Institute of Boston
Attleboro Museum
Boston Center for the Arts
Boston Printmakers National
Brockton Art Museum
DeCordova Museum
Danforth Museum of Art
Duxbury Art Complex
Framingham Art Museum
Marion Art Center
New Bedford Art Museum
Newport (Rhode Island) Art Museum
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Worcester Art Museum
