About Eli

Hi I'm Eli! (Sounds like Ellie) I was born in 1976 and I love painting. I was raised in Alaska in Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula. I grew up fly fishing with grizzly bears growling, eagles flying, moose marching, whales swimming, glaciers dripping, wolves howling, octopus tentacles twisting, starfish shining and loons calling with endless sunny summers, dark cold icicled white winters and of course big mountains. I loved ice skating, sledding and building snow forts. I now live in Austin Texas with cactus, vultures, armadillos and big longhorns. 

My paintings tell stories of living together, working together, eating together, the sacredness of food, friendship, family and the cycle of life and death.