Elizabeth Pruitt
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Elizabeth was raised in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. As a child, her Grandmother's would help her identify various wild flowers at their cabin above Oakley, Utah. This is where her love of flowers began. "I still have the book where I pressed and categorized wild flowers that my paternal Grandmother helped me with."
She began painting in her early 20's but soon children became her priority and her love of painting was an occasional hobby. As the children grew, so did her desire to expand on her art. Life has taken her to Olathe, with her three children, Brittney, Justin, and Brooke. She now enjoys the freedom to devote full time to her art.
Her work is in private collections throughout the United States and in the Ella Dunnegan Museum in Bolivar, MO. She has studied with Master Decorative Artist, Mary Jo Leisure, Fine artists: Tom Browning, Xiang Zhang, Gregg Kreutz, Robert Johnson, Sherrie McGraw, David Leffel, Dan Gerhartz, and Jeff Legg.
Publications & Industry Associations
Selected as Artist to Watch in the Jan 2009 issue of Southwest Art magazine
Featured Artist in American Art Collector Magazine May 2008.
Featured Artist in American Artist Dec 2006 Member of "Oil Painters of America"
Member of American Women Artist
Signature Member of the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Shows and Exhibits
National Oil Painters of America 2009, 2008, 2007
Miniatures by the Lake 2009 Coeur dí Alene Galleries 2009, 2008
CM Russell Auction 2009, 2008
Miniatures at Legacy Gallery Scottsdale 2008
Salon International at the Greenhouse Gallery 2009, 2008, 2007
Kansas Masters Invitational 2009
CM Russell Miniatures 2009, 2008
National Oil and Acrylic Painterís Society Best of America Exhibit 2008, 2007, 2006
One Woman Show at Highlands Art Gallery 2007, 2008
One Woman Show at Mountain Trails Gallery, Park city, Utah 2007
Still Life show at Meyer Gallery Scottsdale 2004
Achievements and Awards
2009
Accepted into the National Oil Painters of America Exhibit
Accepted into the Salon International
2008
Awarded Runner-Up at the American Women Artist 2008 Exhibit
Awarded Platinum Palette Award at the 2008 NOAPS annual exhibit
Awarded Signature Status with the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society
Accepted into the Central Division Oil Painters of America exhibit 2008
Accepted into the National Oil Painters of America exhibit
Winner of the Tuffy Berg Award at the CM Russell 2008
Awarded Top 50 at the Salon International 2008
Accepted into the Salon International 2007,2008,2009
2007
Accepted into the Central Division Oil Painters of America exhibit
Accepted into the National Oil Painters of America exhibit
Accepted into Salon International
Awarded Best Still Life at the 2007 ìBest of America Exhibit with the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society
2006
Awarded Best Still Life at the 2006 ìBest of America Exhibit with the National Oil and Acrylic Painter's Society
Finalist in the RayMar art contest for 2 paintings for month of February. |
