Louisa McElwain
1953 – 2013
BORN IN
Nashua, New Hampshire
KNOWN FOR
Expressive landscape painting
Louisa McElwain was a renowned New Mexico painter famous not only for her thickly impastoed landscape paintings of the Southwest, but also her larger-than-life personality and adventurous, joyful soul.
McElwain received her BFA degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Her work is in many private and corporate collections which include the Tucson Museum of Art, AT & T, Pepsi-Cola, Nokia and the University of Pennsylvania. McElwain’s work has also been featured in numerous publications, among them Time Magazine, Southwest Art magazine and the Denver Post.
Sold At Lone Star Art Auction
Louisa McElwain
(1953-2013)
Indian Lands, Santa Clara III
oil on canvas
40 x 60 inches
Sold for: $36,000
LOUISA MCELWAIN
(1953-2013)
Riverbend, Autumn Afternoon
c. 2007
oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Sold for: $22,800
Louisa McElwain
(1953 – 2013)
Rain Approaching Alcalde
oil on canvas
20.25 x 30.25 inches
Sold for: $15,600
Louisa McElwain
(1953-2013)
Rain Approaching Alcalde
oil on canvas
20.25 x 30.25 inches
Sold for: $13,750
