ERNEE WAY

Ernee Way describes herself as a contemporary impressionist whose love of light, color and movement is at the heart of all her work. A native of Savannah, Georgia, she feels completely in tune with the coastal beauty of New England. Marshes, dunes and inland rivers are frequently the subjects of her paintings.

She states, "A painting filled with sunshine gladdens the spirit, for sunshine is the laughter of nature."

A painter with over 40 years of art experience, Ernee began art training at the age of nine in private instruction. She studied art at the University of Georgia, the Montserrat School of Visual Art and enjoyed six years of training with Copley Master Robert Scott Jackson.

Ernee's paintings have been shown at the Society of Master Impressionists, Taos, NM; the Salmagundi Club, New York; the Hudson Valley Art Association, White Plains, New York; the Catherine Lorillard Art Club, New York; the North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester;  the Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport; in Boston through the Copley Society; throughout the North Shore in one artist shows and in exhibitions winning many awards for her.

Recent awards were the Aldro T. Hibbard Memorial Award at the North Shore Arts Association and the Sam Sargent Award for General Excellence at the Newburyport Art Association.

Her paintings are in private collections throughout the United States and her work is among those in the permanent collection of the Beverly Public Library, Beverly, Massachusetts.

Ernee is an artist member of the Society of master Impressionists, North Shore Arts Association, Oil Painters of America, American Impressionists Society, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Newburyport Arts Association, and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.

 

	Little River, Summer Moment O/C 18" x 24" SOLD
	Nelson Island Dusk O/C 18" x 24" SOLD
	Sanctuary Afternoon O/C 10.5" x 20"
	Bonny's Garden O/C 14' x 18.5"
	A Time for Silence SOLD
	Willows in a Field of Loosestrife Oil 20" x 24"
	For the Love of Iris Oil 20" x 34"
	Nelson Island Field of Poppies SOLD
	Cape Ann Twilight Oil 16" x 20"
	Pond Divas Oil 18" x 24"
	Summer Dunes III Oil 5" x 7"
	Iris Allegro Oil 14" x 18"
	Lazy Cat Oil 4" x 6"
	Autumnal Dunes Oil 8" x 12"
	Dunes at Dusk Oil 5" x 7"
	Sunset Silhouette SOLD
	Greenhouse Lilies Oil 18" x 24"
	Cadmium Sky Sail SOLD
	Sanctuary Afternoon Oil 10" x 20"
	Evening Ice Fields Oil 12" x 16"
	Robin & Audrey in the Garden SOLD
	Glowing Marshes SOLD
	Evenblush SOLD
	Coastal Scene SOLD
	Prelude to Spring Oil 6" x 8"
	Eden's Pond Oil 24" x 30"