Elisabeth Larson Koehler

Elisabeth Larson Koehler is a painter based in Seattle, Washington

About Me

After painting extensively in Jerusalem and Italy I now live and work in the Pacific Northwest...

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A new developing blog devoted to discussing painting and related topics

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From Instagram

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Over the past several months I put my head down and worked on a laptop to put together a painting blog with the purpose of teaching others how to paint and draw. It has been an incredible experience and have been encouraged by the response it has go

A study after Hans Holbein the younger (Portrait of an English Woman)

An unfinished portrait. I forgot this painting was in the corner of my studio! I have been developing an ever growing interest in wanting to do more portraits/ work with the figure. So, hopefully there will be more of that showing up here ;-)

Fall in the PNW and the Snoqualmie River 🍂 a sketch from a couple weeks ago. .
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I took a break from sharing my work here on IG over the past several months. Have now returned!

One wondrous year already in the books 💙 10/14/18 💙 Words will always fail to express how thankful I am for this man @koehler.matthew . Made a full extended weekend celebration with canoeing trips down a river, cooking delicious dinners together an

I finished my residency at Bryant park about a week ago now. Here is a selection of some of the pieces done at the park. Mostly paintings with some sketches and a watercolor (done in the rain - can you see the raindrops? :-) The weather was mostly cl

A view from my brother’s Brooklyn apartment. I just arrived in New York last night for an artist residency at Bryant park for the next two weeks starting Monday. Painting in a park - not to mention in NYC - will be all together new for me... am