Elissa Glassgold
The Visitor, 2022
Gouache paper
22-1/2 x 28-1/2"

Artist Statement
This image is part of a series I've been working on that relates to prescience, to premonition. It is about the quiet of snow, the sweetness of a moment, a fated encounter. That encounter is suggested in an out-of-the-ordinary, unexpected character waiting outside, just about to be seen by a child coming to look out at the snow. There are shapes being formed by the snowflakes … circles and house shapes. And shadows on the roof …of two figures not there. Of course, like most ofmy work, it is a self-portrait of sorts, a page from a visual journal.

Artist Bio

Elissa Glassgold received her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1980. She earned a BFA and BA in Art Education from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Prior to that, she spent four years studying at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she was awarded a Cresson European Travelling Scholarship. In 1987, Glassgold was awarded an IndividualArtist grant from the Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts. She was a founding member of Nexus Gallery in Philadelphia, and has participated in group and solo shows in Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and North Carolina since 1984. In addition, Elissa has worked as a courtroom illustrator for CBS, and from 1990 until 2010 produced sculpted prototypes for the European and American toy industry. These works were widely acclaimed, and she received a number of international awards for her designs.

Since 2019, Ms. Glassgold has participated in residencies at The Vermont Studio Center and The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Elissa taught at Temple/Tyler University in Philadelphia for several years as a full-time adjunct instructor of Painting and Drawing, and from 1981 to 2010 taught Figure Painting at The Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia. In addition, she wrote an undergraduate Liberal Arts course in Visual Language and Art History, which she taught at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey, and at the Hussian School of Art in Philadelphia. Concurrent with College Teaching, Elissa was involved in early elementary art education for several years, working primarily with underserved communities in thePhiladelphia/New Jersey areas. Elissa divides her time between her home in Ontario, Canada, and Philadelphia, PA.

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