Elga Dzirkalis

USA

Twitter: dzirkaliselga
Art Medium: painting, watercolor

Anna at the Window
30" x 22" Watercolor on Paper

Anna in Scandinavian Light
30" x 22" Watercolor/Acrylic on Paper

Winter Muse
22" x 15" Watercolor/Acrylic on Paper

Foscarini Cafe on the Grand Canal
22" x 30" Watercolor on Paper

Inner Light
15" x 22" Watercolor on Paper

Drachenfelds Cafe on the Rhine
6" x 5" Oil Pastel on Paper

Aegean Beach Cafe
6"x 5" Oil Pastel on Paper

Anna in Winter Light #11
14" x 10" Watercolor on paper

Elga Dzirkalis is an award winning watercolor artist. She has been juried into many national and international exhibitions and is the recipient of the National Watercolor Society's prestigious Dana Bartlett Award. Her work has been exhibited in shows sponsored by the National Watercolor Society, Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, Philadelphia Watercolor Society, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Montana Watercolor Society, Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor and the American Figurative, Santa Cruz Art League.

Elga's paintings celebrate the beauty, mystery, and the expressionistic qualities of the human figure, particularly how light patterns and color harmony are used to describe the form and enhance the story and the meaning of the composition. Her figure compositions combine classical and contemporary approaches, melding degrees of realism with the painterly effects of expressionism. Her paintings are autobiographical, drawing meaning from her life.