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| Damian Elwes |
| Damian Elwes’ father and grandfather were both painters. Damian tried to avoid this fate by studying play writing at Harvard, but at graduation his professor gave him a palette knife that had once belonged to Henri Matisse. He went to Paris and tried to visit the old studios of Matisse and Picasso, but they were now closed to the public or gone. Over the next two years he roamed Paris and painted every artist's studio that he could find. That is how he learned to paint. Since then he has painted the various studios of all his favorite artists including Cezanne, Gauguin, Rodin, Matisse, Kahlo, Duchamp and Warhol. He considers each individual studio to be a portrait of the artist's mind at a particular moment in time. In his paintings he poses the same questions over and over again. What inspires the artist? Where does human creativity come from? |
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| Collectors of Damian Elwes’ work include Steve Wynn, Sir Anthony Hopkins (who played Picasso on the screen), Jodie Foster, Sir Mick Jagger, Natalie Maines, Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Pierce Brosnan, Jim Carrey, Peter Morton, Wendy Stark, Annette Bening and Warren Beatty and many more. |
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| Damian Elwes demonstrates unique skills in capturing space, light and atmosphere. He has combined these talents with his truly inventive approach to historical documentation. The result is a series of operatic settings filled with layer upon layer of visual information and mental stimulation. |
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