Elaina Bates-Egan
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My paintings explore color and movement while paying homage to the natural world. My process is organic and for me, my paintings are about the act of creating as much as they are about the finished product. When I start a painting I am inspired by something specific - a color, object, or texture - but as the painting develops it takes on a life of its own and tells me what needs to happen next. The finished painting rarely looks anything like what I initially envisioned, but it is the journey and surprise ending that gets me excited to start the next painting.
I am a Lowell, MA native but currently live in Medford, MA with my husband, two little girls, and dog Matilda. My studio is located at the Arts Collaborative Medford in Medford, MA. If you would like more information, are interested in purchasing any of my work, or would like to stop by my studio please contact me at elainabatesegan@gmail.com or sign up for my newsletter.
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Louloudia // oil on canvas // 28"w x 32"h
Exhibits and Shows
Juried Exhibit
Vivid: Expressions of Intense Color
Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA—3/25/22-4/10/22
Juried Exhibit
Attached
Stove Factory Gallery, Charlestown, MA—10/2021
Juried Exhibit
Cool, Calm, & Collected
Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA—9/2021-10/2021
Juried Art Event
Art in the Park, Charlestown, MA—9/2021
West Medford Open Studios, Medford, MA—6/2021
Solo Exhibit: Giverny Close Up
Quincy Farmers Market
Quincy, MA—10/2020
Solo Exhibit
Purple Carrot Cafe
Lowell, MA—10/2019
SPECTRUM
Cambridge Artist Association Members’ Exhibition
At University Place Gallery, Cambridge, MA—7/2019–8/2019
Solo Exhibit
Purple Carrot Cafe, Lowell, MA—2/2019
Solo Exhibit
Brewed Awakening Coffee House, Lowell, MA—12/2010
Hobart & William Smith Colleges Honors Program Final Show
Houghton House Gallery, Geneva, NY—5/2007
Collections
"Persephone" Sunrise Senior Living, Newton, MA—acquired 2021
"Beauty in the Chaos in Orange and Red" "Moments of Serenity" & "Mignon Dahlias" Private Collection, Lincoln, MA—acquired 2020
“Flowers at Giverny” Private collection, Brighton, MA—acquired 2020
“Ireland1” Private collection, Lowell, MA—acquired 2020
“Fractured Existence” Private Collection, Dracut, MA—acquired 2019
“Something Blue” Private Collection, Lowell, MA—acquired 2017
“Blue” Private Collection, Lowell, MA—acquired 2016
“Untitled2” Private Collection, Groveland, MA—acquired 2010
“Catharsis” The Collections of Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY—acquired 2007
“Homage to Frost” Private Collection, Geneva, NY—acquired 2007
Commissions
“City of Lowell Mural” Private Residence Lowell, MA—2004
Publications & Awards
Featured artist in Young Angel Midnight: An Emerging Generation in the Arts of Lowell—2011
The Katherine Gracey Merrill Art and Academic Award—2007
Arthur Dove Art Award—2007
Memberships & Affiliations
Artists Group of Charlestown—September 2021-present
Jerome Street Studios—June 2021-present
Cambridge Art Association—2018-present
Arts League of Lowell—2007-2012
Western Avenue Studios—2007-2010
Education
General Assembly User Experience Design Immersive, Remote—10/2020-2/2021
Certificate: User Experience Design
School of Museum of Fine Arts; Boston, MA—9/2010-5/2012
Certificate: Graphic Design
Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Geneva, NY—8/2003-5/2007
BA: Studio Art - Painting and Woodcut Printmaking
BA: Ancient Greek
Magna Cum Laude
Honors Project: “The Process of Abstract Painting: Giving Form to the Intangible”