Meet Chad Elliott
 
Elliott is a graduate of Graceland University in Lamoni, IA with a Bachelor of Arts in ceramics. He also earned graduate credits from the University of Montana in Missoula, MT. Elliott’s was recognized for his artistic ability by being chosen as the “Best of Show” at the Iowa Student Artists Exhibit in 1995.

Elliott has created artwork for the organization ArtsLIVE and murals with youth at the Guthrie Grove Camp in Guthrie Center, IA. He also created large murals for businesses including Shaky Tree Coffee and Farmers Trust & Savings Bank both in Spencer, IA.

He also has two 5 foot by 12 foot canvas paintings installed in 2012 in the newly renovated Spencer Community Theatre and has completed a 16 foot by 40 foot landscape mural on the side of Mohr Lumber in Coon Rapids, IA to commemorate the town‘s sesquicentennial. In addition, in Pampa, TX, Elliott installed a mural titled "This Land is Your Land" at the Woody Guthrie Folk Music Center.

Elliott has served as an artist in residence for TreeBed Design in Vallejo, CA in 2004 as well as Arts on Grand in Spencer, IA from 2005-2008. Currently he completes commission work from Elliott Art Studio in his home in Lamoni, IA.