A Dialogue with Nature Louisa McElwain cemented her place in the contemporary Southwest canon when she moved to New Mexico in 1985, answering the call to engage new surroundings. She spent the next twenty-eight years painting a robust, ever-changing landscape that enchanted and challenged her on a daily basis. More than a window onto the world, McElwain’s paintings endure as a window into the artist’s mind and soul. Emblems of the sanctity generated from artistic expression found deep within oneself, they carry her legacy of passion, energy, and an abiding love for the land — forever preserved in the paint she heralded as a conduit for the sublime. Elizabeth L. Delaney
Front Cover: Knifewing, Snow Cloud, (detail) 2002 oil on canvas, 24” x 30” 1
