Elizabeth Funk Paintings

03/29/2025

Today our plein air group had a model sit for us while we wait for warmer weather. Some painted and some sketched. I sketched using the skills I picked up during David Pettibone's drawing class last month.

02/07/2025

I resisted painting with pastels, but finally decided to try it at Andy Sonneborn's studio on 2nd Avenue in Anchorage. That way I didn't need to buy all the colors and have the dust at home. But I have to say, the pastel medium is the best when it comes to painting a Christmas cactus flower.

01/03/2025

A white poinsettia with pink accents at the Anchorage municipal greenhouse. Gouache on 6x4” watercolor paper.

12/20/2024

A white and pink poinsettia from the Anchorage Greenhouse. 6x4” watercolor.

09/29/2024

My ornamental maple showing some color. Watercolor 6x8”

09/10/2024

Dabbling in gouache again. I won't say I'm looking forward to winter, but if it's inevitable, I will enjoy the Bohemian wax wings swooping into the mountain ash trees behind my house come December. These two visited a couple of winters ago. (6x8 watercolor paper).

08/13/2024

6x8 oil sketch of path into Potter Marsh. Study in perspective. Last plein air before R shoulder replacement.

05/21/2024

Bicentennial Park in the sun. Oil on 8x10 linen board.

05/16/2024

Plastic water bottle light show at the local mall. Gouache on 8x10" artbord

05/01/2024

Sharing a bit more about how I came to Map Anchorage (4/27/24 post) in the way that I did. Here's my latest newsletter.

I've lived in Anchorage for 29 years. I moved here in 1995 to work in the Section of Epidemiology, a part of the state's public health program. During the 16 years with public health, my focus was looking outward to an area more than twice the size of Texas. Art was the furthest thing from my mind.

04/28/2024

The Anchorage Park Foundation is encouraging people to express their experiences of the city on a basic map. It is an impossible task so I decided to map some of my paintings, inspired by plein air experiences over the past 4 years. It is a beautiful place.

04/20/2024

What’s in the refrigerator (and counter), 6x8” gouache and pastel.