Eliot Markell

I have painted my plein air watercolor works on paper along the coast of Maine, and New York City’s urban settings including the beach at Ft Tilden in Brooklyn NY, and various other locales such as Green Wood Cemetery, Prospect Park, and Bush Terminal Park.

Working from nature fulfills fundamental aspects of my artistic practice by developing a rigorous eye, that coupled with a succinctly painted gesture combine to bring a sense of place to my imagery.

I prefer the term “interpretive” when describing my landscape compositions. While my art is rooted in observation of the elegant intricacies of nature, I employ a visually poetic style to gain a heightened awareness of my surroundings.
Less literal, sub-visual content enters into my compositions, much as the atmospherically ethereal experience of fog, wind, and improvisational processes such as dream formation, flow into consciousness.

Although my multimedia in-studio works still respond to the natural world, they generate sensations emanating from the fluxing boundaries of representation and manifestation.
Using poured plaster, powdered pigment, and found objects, I create tactile, 3D surfaces that embody a quirky ethos.

Nature’s influence establishes a foundation...

ART EDUCATION:
1979-80 Empire State College, SUNY., BPS. fine arts.
1973-74 Gandy Brodie School of Fine Arts, Newfane, VT.
1971-73 Mark Hopkins College, Brattleboro, VT.

Eliot Markell
1818 Newkirk Ave. #3T
Brooklyn, NY. 11226
917 674-4382
eliotcm1818@gmail.com
www.eliotmarkell.com
http://whiteelephantonwheels.blogspot.com/

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2019 Friday Studio Gallery, group exhibit, Brooklyn NY.
2018 Kibbee Gallery, group exhibit, Atlanta GA.
2018 Freak Show, Local Project Gallery, Queens NY.
2018-2019 Among Friends, DUMBO Open Studios.
2018 Trestle Gallery, “Introductions” Brooklyn NY.
2017 Dorado Project, “Shared Gaze, Uncommon Vision”, Jersey City NJ.
2016 Drawing Rooms, Big/Small, Jersey City, NJ.
2016 Venus Art Space, Bushwick Tales, Brooklyn NY.
2016 David & Schweitzer Gallery, Making History, Brooklyn NY.
2016 Temporary Storage Gallery, Landscapes/Escapes., Brooklyn NY.
2016 Till Death Do Us Part, Lorimoto Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2015 Going Fishing, curated by Dana Kane, group show, Brooklyn NY.
2015 Art Helix Gallery, “Type Indicators”, group show, Brooklyn NY.
2015 Drawing Rooms, “Imaginary Sculptures”, solo exhibit, Jersey City, NJ.
2014 Concrete Muse, Dumbo Arts Festival, group exhibit, Brooklyn NY.
2014 Life On Mars, “Summer Invitational”, group exhibit. Brooklyn NY.
2014 Ground Floor Gallery, “Hello Bushwick”, group exhibit, Brooklyn NY.
2014 Centotto, ...