Elaine in her Studio
Elaine Dalcher has earned a reputation for creating bold and colorful oil paintings. Dalcher’s subjects offer the viewer vivid images from a close-up perspective. Whether it is a still life depicting a space in her home or studio, or a landscape with a tree standing as a figure against the sky, she renders subjects in a way that is at once honest, fresh, intimate and familiar.
Dalcher received her MFA from Western Michigan University in 1988 and is represented in public, corporate and private collections throughout the United States and abroad. She has shown her work in many galleries and juried competitions around the country, including LaFontsee Gallery in Grand Rapids, Muskegon Museum of Art, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Artemesia Gallery in Chicago, the Krasl Art Center in St. Joseph, Michigan, Buckham Gallery in Flint, Synchronicity Gallery in Glen Arbor, the Nines Gallery in Holland.
... On Elaine's Work:
“Like the sweep and forces of nature [Dalcher’s] painting comes alive with energy and vitality.” - Sara Albert, Grand Rapids Press
“…on a personal note, it has been a delight for me to spend time with your portfolio. In challenging times, it was a true bright spot to be surrounded by the energy, creativity, and richness of your work.” Srimoyee Mitra, Director Stamps Gallery, University of Michigan. 2020
“Dalcher has a simplified, vigorous approach. Her painting is a personal, emotional and spiritual expression that reflects an acute awareness of life.” - Sylvia Krissoff, Grand Rapids Press
“One of my favorite art encounters at the Tanglefoot Open Studios event was at the work space of Elaine Dalcher. Paintings are either color on canvas or emotion on canvas, and Dalcher combines both with a simple, unpretentious style. Her paintings reveal a depth of feeling beneath the object depicted, an unseen plane where viscerally felt emotion coexists with the subjects of her work. Even the paint-splattered floor around her work has an interesting vibe." Bruce Madden, On-the Town Magazine.
