Elizabeth Pollie

Elizabeth Pollie
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About the Artist:

Elizabeth Pollie’s personal experience in the arts extends back decades. Art as a path, a language and a personal frontier has been an important part of her life since childhood. She grew up visiting museums, studying and drawing alongside her father. She earned her BFA from The College For Creative Studies in Detroit and later taught there. Her interests led her into the field of editorial illustration. During the 1980s many greatly imaginative artists honed their conceptual and representational skills in the world of illustration. Ms. Pollie’s work was nationally published and awarded.

As illustration began to fade from magazines and book jackets her focus shifted to representational painting. “The intrigue and intimacy found in observing the surrounding world provides me with ceaseless inspiration. There is a great sense of freedom as well as a spirit of discovery that is derived through the act of painting.”

“My emphasis is based on finding and teasing out a sense of poetry, mood and depth. I want to believe that what binds us as a species is an inward call to experience the sublime even in the most ordinary of things. Art is an outward expression of that desire.”

Pollie’s work has received a strong reception in the art world, collecting numerous awards as well as national media coverage. She is a Master Signature member of American Women Artists and a Signature member of Oil Painters of America.  She lives and works in the waterside town of Harbor Springs, Michigan along with her husband, three dogs and a steer named Egbert.


Selected Articles, Journals and Books
Poets &Artists, “Celebration”, June 2014, Curated by Daniel Maidman.
2014 Fine Art Connoiseur, “Celebrating Marine Art Today”,Kelly Compton
2013 Southwest Art, Feature Article and Magazine  Cover” Heaven On Earth; Artist Elizabeth Pollie finds inspiration everywhere”, Gussie Fauntleroy
2012 American Art Collector, Feature Article; June Issue,  “Elizabeth Pollie One Artist’s Voice.”
2012 Southwest Art, March Issue, “Horsing Around -10 artists interpret the equine form. 2011 Traverse Magazine; Feature article, September Issue,” With Gratitude, Elizabeth Pollie.”Aaron Brooks
2007 Mackinac Living; Feature Article, Summer issue,” Horse Power, Artist Elizabeth Pollie ignites the island”

Notable Designations
American Women Artists -Signature Member 
Oli Painters Of America- Signature member

Selected Awards And Juried Shows
2015 Oil Painters Of America, Online Showcase, 1st Place, “ Crossroads”. Juror: Kevin Beilfuss
2015 American Impressionist Society National Exhibit, Trailside Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.
One Woman Show, Elizabeth Pollie , The Hours ;The Unfolding Of A Day. Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, Mi. June- Sept.
2015 Oil Painters Of America 24th Annual National Exhibit, Cutter & Cutter Fine Art, S.t Augustine , FL
2015 Bold Brush Competition Finalist, January, Judge Timothy Tyler. 
2015 Bold Brush Competition Finalist, December Judge- Ann Craft Walker. 
2015 RayMar Art Competition Finalist, March and December.

2014 American Women Artists, Signature Member status.
2014 Oil Painters Of America Fall  Showcase; Second Place for “In A beautiful Pea-Green Boat”, Juror; Dan Beck. 
2014, Door County Plein Air Festival, Honorable Mention, Juror, Steve Doherty, Editor of Plein Air Magazine.
2014 American Women Artists, Rogue Guirey Simpson Memorial Award, Addison Gallery. Orleans, MA. 
2014  NOAPS, Award of Merit, Spring Online Exhibit. 
2013 Oil Painters Of America Eastern Regional, Bronze Award, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD. 
2013 American Impressionist Society National Show, The M Gallery Of Fine Art, Charleston, SC. 
2013 American Women Artists, Award Of Recognition- 2 Dimensional-“Blue Boy”, RS Hanna Gallery Fredericksburg,TX. 
2013 American Women Artists On line Juried Competition- Assoc. Members, Award Of Merit-“Crossroads And Kings”
2013 October Raymar Art Competition Finalist “ Crossroads and Kings” , Juror; Qiang Huang.
 2013 August  Raymar Art Competition Finalist “ Winters Burden” , Juror Marc Hanson. 
2013 July Raymar Art Competition Finalist “ The Horse Before The Cart” , Juror Kim Lordier.
2013 May Raymar Art Competition Finalist “ In Black And White” , Juror; Doug Matthews.
2013 January Raymar Art Competition Finalist, “Lord Of The Manor”, Juror; Nancy Guzik.
2013 Oil Painters Of America Inaugural Salon Show, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI. Silver Award for OPA Salon Paint out “Pond No. 12”
2013 Oil Painters Of America 22th National Exhibit, Insight Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX 
2012 Oil Painters Of America Fall Showcase: Honorable Mention- “The Horse Before The Cart”.
2012 Oil Painters Of America Summer Showcase; Second Place  “The Cows Came Home”. 
2012  Oil Painters Of America 21st National Exhibit, Evergreen Fine Art, Evergreen, CO.  
2012 American Art Invitational ,Small Gems, Saks Galleries, Denver ,Co.
2011 Raymar Art Competition Finalist
2011 Oil Painters Of America 20th National Exhibit.  2nd Place Silver Medal, Coeur D’Alene Idaho.
2010 American Women Artist’s National Show. Award of Merit. Southwest Gallery, Dallas TX
2010 Best of Show, Salmagundi Club, Non-Members Show. New York, NY
2010, Mackinac Island Richard and Jane Manoogian Fine Arts Museum $5000.00 Purchase Award. 
2010 Best of Show, June Bold Brush Fine Art Competition.
2010 Richeson 75 still life and Floral exhibition, 2nd Place.