Ms. Elliott lives in Wardsboro. Her work is replete with the warmest themes of Vermont: family, farm, countryside. She celebrates the simple joys with a dazzling command of light and color.
“Sugar Maples” is a rare venture in oils for an artist more known for her watercolors and pastels. Here the bolder hues serve to glorify Vermont's brilliant autumn landscape, with the chill harbinger of winter already hinted at in the pale purple sky.