Ms. Kohl’s earliest influences have been painting the sea and land as a young girl; after studying with several AWS masters, she focused on watercolor landscapes including painting a private collection of watercolor portraits of life in rural China after her Asia Trip.

Her roots in the rugged, remote Gaspé region of Quebec led her to paint another series- villagers digging clams, cattle, birds, and domestic fowl. One of her series,”Fish and Chicks” is in bright, noisy colors. “Roosters” displays her playful, humorous side- male creatures, are often foolish, yet always in control.
Yet there is a mysterious, sometimes serious side to her paintings. A rusty Canadian National snowplow lies forgotten in an abandoned rail yard. This remnant of rail service of times past was once her lifeline to the cities of Quebec and indeed all of Canada.

Elise’s expressionistic style was strongly influenced by Phoebe Flory, whose watercolor portraiture workshops she attended 1986 and 1987.

Elise Kohl exhales an intense, interior vision, which is always off the beaten path. Her expressionistic paintings are sometimes immense, always luminous, always bursting with movement and energy. Some critics say her work has a “power that lingers”.

During the 90’s Ms. Kohl taught several watercolor workshops in Quebec. There she realized how the stern religious education received by French-Canadians who came of age in the 50’s still strongly affected them. The experience awakened the ghost in herself. She began painting a 22-painting series of Catholic nuns, which she named “Chapelet de Vie”(Rosary of Life).

Kohl is presently painting a second series, which she simply calls “Fun Nuns”. Six have been painted. Kohl wants the viewer of these paintings to enjoy another aspect of life-playfulness. Ms. Kohl has been active in art associations around NH for many years. She was vice president of the Nashua Art Assoc.in1985.In 1988-90 she served as president of the New Hampshire Art Association.

Private and Corporate Collections
 China Series I-private collection in California.
 China Series II-collection in Canada
 Burbank Fund-Nashua, NH
 Gilles Vigneault

Professional Membership
 NH Art Association
 Television Interviews
 1991 -Radio Canada
 1992-Radio Canada

Published Articles
Numerous articles about Elise Kohl have been published in U.S. and Canadian newspapers.