Jim Elias

Pink and yellow and orange and green ... the garden is alive with color! Framed and ready to hang.

Creature comfort goals they only numb my soulAnd make it hard for me to seeMy thoughts all seem to stray to places far awayI need a change of scenery Another Pleasant Valley SundayCharcoal burning...

Deep greens and blues are the colors I choose Won't you let me go down in my dreams There's a song that they sing when they take to the highway A song that they sing when they take to the sea A...

Inspired by the golden visitors to our gardens all summer long.  Harvest Gold #2 is a 18"x25" acrylic painting on hand-built & stretched canvas finished with a golden oak oil stain and satin...

The artist's son Tommy is the Jedi Master of all things Star Wars. He said this painting should be called Mace Windu because the Liatris spicata (Blazing Star) blooms reminded him of Windu’s...

As the sun shone to peak through the petals, Shelly’s potted petunias, not pansies, are so pretty and playful they just had to be painted.  

After the long, dormant winter and the toil of spring preparation and planting, it brings me great joy when the blooms of summer begin to break through for a beautiful, colorful life. The darkness...

Sing with me … There was a hole in the middle of the ground, And in that hole, there was a tree Next to tree there were some Hosta And the green grass grows all around and around And the...

A couple of years ago I was waiting for a very significant thing that had to done.  Unlike the bees that summer, all I could do was wait. Yet fortunately, I had beauty all around me to help take...

As spring arrives and the gardens are prepped for the coming season ... this painting takes us Into the Gardens.  Inspired by the wonderful flora growing last season, this work offers...

Springtime means Shelly is frequently searching for new plants to adopt.  This collection was poised on the patio ready for their new home. The sunshine and the plants were calling to be...

Quickly, the Goldfinch needs to be captured!  This painting was done completely using acrylic marker pens in order to quickly capture the bright golden bird on the waving Sunflower. Harvest...