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| elsa houghton | |
Born in Rotterdam , The Netherlands. |
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| About the Artist | |
Frequently, the ideas for these paintings have come from the written word, newspaper articles or books. |
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Flight
1994 |
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| Painted due to great sadness and horror at the unfolding tragedy in The Balkans in the early 1990’s.
Naively hoping that war in Europe would not be happening again, not after 1945 when lessons were learnt. Surely not again?
It seems that you might as well ask for a miracle, like being able to walk on water.
If only.
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Time Is But a Stream
1991 |
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| Inspired by a quotation of Henry David Thoreau :”Time is but a stream I go a-fishing in” He was in his own words: “ A mystic, a trancendentalist and a natural philosopher to boot” |
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Guardians Sleeping
1995 |
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| Inspired by the heroic actions of “Eco Warriors” everywhere.
Available as a Limited Edition Print |
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Sometime Somewhere
1995 |
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| It’s a dreamlike place for people to escape to away from the modern world.
The buildings are inspired by the buildings in some Persian miniatures I admire.
You can only get there by boat….
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Flight: The Crossing
1994 |
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| Today, according to official figures more than 2 million men, women and children in this world are displaced having had to flee their homes and countries through violent conflicts or manmade or natural disasters.
To visualize and say something about the desperate situation families end up in I thought of Eliza’s heroic crossing to freedom in the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by H.Beecher-Stowe and tried to avoid the blunt “blood & gore “ images.
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Autumn
1995 |
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Alone at Last
1994 |
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| Education and biography | |
| Studied Fine Art & Design at the Academy in Rotterdam and Illustration at Wolverhampton University. Lectured on the Illustration course at Wolverhampton Uni for 11 years. My work has been exhibited and collected in Britain and abroad. The first show was in 1969 at the Design Studio 397 in Amsterdam with 2 fellow students and the last in gallery Twenty Twenty in Much Wenlock , Shropshire. There were 14 exhibitions in between. My work has been exhibited and collected throughout Britain and abroad |
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| Future shows | |
| Illustration Alumni Exhibition at the Millennium City Gallery, Wolverhampton in November 2008. Work in progress for show in 2009. Venue to be arranged. |
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