The Artist editor's choice

Meet Elisa Trueman, editor's choice winner for October 2023

Elisa Trueman Night Swimming, acrylic, (40.5x51cm)

Each month the editors of The Artist and Leisure Painter select their favourite artwork from the Painters Online gallery to feature in the magazines. For The Artist in October 2023 this is Night Swimming by Elisa Trueman.

About Elisa

Elisa Trueman has had a passion for art for as long as she can remember.

‘Ever since I could first hold a paintbrush,’ she writes, ‘watching shows like Paint Along with Nancy wearing one of my dad’s shirts back to front to catch the splashes. At 17 I was due to study fine art at Southampton but, at the last moment, I joined the Navy. My love of art never left me, however, and after several years painting superheroes for the children, I decided I wanted to go back to my art properly.

‘I live in Cornwall which has such beautiful villages and coastal paths that inspired me to paint the sea and wildflowers. I’m also lucky to have lived in other parts of the UK and abroad, which influences what I paint. Initially I hadn’t decided to create naive-style work, but my paintings changed and developed with a natural progression towards that style. I found the Association of British Naïve Artists and several incredible artists who are members and decided to join and exhibit my work with them. I also decided to create my own website (not an easy task for the least techno-minded person, and one I ultimately needed a bit of help with).

‘I decided to paint Night Swimming after one of my customers told me she swims at night with friends. I thought this was amazing! She said it was one of the best things she’s ever done. I thought, perhaps I could add some swimmers to one of my night paintings and so it came about.

'I’ve now moved on to surfers as well and am looking forward to adding them to some of my paintings too. My work is on show at Colour and Space Art Gallery in Perranporth, Pure Art Gallery in Milford Marina and was in the front window of Sullys Framing & Art Gallery in Penryn for the month of July.’

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To find out more go to www.elisatruemanart.com

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