Elena Hyams

Elena Hyams is a UK-based contemporary artist whose work explores the emotional connection between people, nature, memory and the inner world.
Working primarily with oil and acrylic, Elena creates expressive paintings that move between abstraction, figurative imagery and atmospheric landscapes. Her practice is driven less by literal representation and more by the desire to capture a feeling — a fleeting memory, a state of mind, a sense of place, or an emotion that is difficult to express in words.
Nature is a recurring presence throughout her work. Flowers, landscapes, organic forms, animals and fragments of the natural world become visual metaphors for human experience. Elena is particularly interested in the quiet dialogue between the external landscape and the emotional landscape within us.
Texture and colour play a central role in her process. Using palette knives and brushes, she builds layered surfaces where marks, colour and form interact intuitively. Some works are vibrant and energetic, while others embrace restrained, earthy and smoky tones to create a sense of stillness, intimacy and contemplation.
Elena’s approach is rooted in the traditions of modern abstract and Impressionist painting, while remaining open to contempo...

LARA Atelier Art School — London, UK
Fine Art & Contemporary Painting Studies
Specialised training in oil and acrylic painting, palette knife techniques, colour theory, composition, expressive mark-making and the development of an individual artistic practice.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2026
Purple Horizons Charity Art Exhibition & Sale — St Neots, UK
2024
Nicoleta Gallery, Germany
2024
Thomson Gallery, Switzerland
2023
Sussex Art Fair — UK
2022
Parallax Art Fair — London, UK