Eleanor Rowland

	Eleanor K. Rowland, Artist
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The Silk Threads Series
Painting Style Working on location and in her studio, Eleanor draws on her sensory experiences, both immediate and remembered, to communicate a sense of place in her landscapes. She works primarily with watermedia, experimenting with various water soluble products and exploring different surfaces to find a result that will enrich the process and improve the quality of the painting. Recently, she has been working on Oriental rice paper laminated to a metallic base. The random silk threads in the transparent rice paper add heightened color and texture to the surface, creating a luminescent quality raditating from the painting. Artist's Statement I have lived in the beautiful Adirondack Mountain region in upper New York state most of my life. I am inspired by being close to the blue mountains, formed by glaciers, surrouding areas of rural space and with the ever changing landscape of the many lakes, rivers, ponds, waterfalls, open fields, rolling hills, old trees and forests of trees. The artist part of me has been influenced by this natural setting. I do not consider my paintings to be representational, however I have a strong, passionate, feeling and respect for this land. I hope this is evident in the paintings presented on this website and that the sense of place is evident to those who view my work. Education Rowland earned a B.S.in art education at Skidmore College, Saratoga and a M.A. in painting and print making at SUNY, Albany. She has participated in numerous workshops with nationally known artists, among them Ed Betts, Wolf Kahn and Janet Fish. Career She was employed for several years as an Art teacher at Glens Falls Junior and Senior High Schools. After retirement, Rowland opened a business in Glens Falls, NY, known as "Artworks". Artworks consisted of a school of art, with classrooms for teaching to adults and children, an art supply store, a matting and framing department and an open Gallery where local artists could display and sell their work. From the Media From The Post Star, Nov. 2005 Nine original paintings from local artist (Queensbury, NY), Eleanor Rowland were recently purchased and are now part of the permanent collection in the new Glens Falls Hospital building at 100 Park Street, Glens Falls, NY. The paintings are on display in the lobby and other public areas of the recently completed tower.

Painting Style
Working on location and in her studio, Eleanor draws on her sensory experiences, both immediate and remembered, to communicate a sense of place in her landscapes. She works primarily with watermedia, experimenting with various water soluble products and exploring different surfaces to find a result that will enrich the process and improve the quality of the painting. Recently, she has been working on Oriental rice paper laminated to a metallic base. The random silk threads in the transparent rice paper add heightened color and texture to the surface, creating a luminescent quality raditating from the painting.

Artist's Statement
I have lived in the beautiful Adirondack Mountain region in upper New York state most of my life. I am inspired by being close to the blue mountains, formed by glaciers, surrouding areas of rural space and with the ever changing landscape of the many lakes, rivers, ponds, waterfalls, open fields, rolling hills, old trees and forests of trees. The artist part of me has been influenced by this natural setting.

I do not consider my paintings to be representational, however I have a strong, passionate, feeling and respect for this land. I hope this is evident in the paintings presented on this website and that the sense of place is evident to those who view my work.

Education
Rowland earned a B.S.in art education at Skidmore College, Saratoga and a M.A. in painting and print making at SUNY, Albany. She has participated in numerous workshops with nationally known artists, among them Ed Betts, Wolf Kahn and Janet Fish.

Career
She was employed for several years as an Art teacher at Glens Falls Junior and Senior High Schools. After retirement, Rowland opened a business in Glens Falls,
NY, known as "Artworks". Artworks consisted of a school of art, with classrooms for teaching to adults and children, an art supply store, a matting and framing department and an open Gallery where local artists could display and sell their work.

From the Media
From The Post Star, Nov. 2005
Nine original paintings from local artist (Queensbury, NY), Eleanor Rowland were recently purchased and are now part of the permanent collection in the new Glens Falls Hospital building at 100 Park Street, Glens Falls, NY. The paintings are on display in the lobby and other public areas of the recently completed tower.