COLORFUL MODERN ART BY XELA
DELAWARE WATER GAP
A DOG TOO CAN DREAM
XELA the
prolific New York designer, graphicist and artist started
by apprenticing to the contemporary French/Israeli impressionist
Yitzhak Parnell, in addition to a working art education
in Florence, London and New York. A strong graphic discipline permeates
all his works.
XELA's "new medium art" is unusual both in
its content and execution. Designed and drawn in almost sketch
form,
it is translated and transformed with the aid of computer technology.
Shapes and outlines are formed from multi-colored vinyl material
and adhered to conventional canvas covered frames, or on plastic
mounting board.
The vinyls' vibrant, "happy" colors of an almost
unmixed primary color palette are what attracted XELA to this mode
and choice of material. It reflects the artist's approach to his
subject matter and his constant search for innovative ways that
will enable a fresh, clean, crisp and timely expression of his art.
XELA states that for the present series of paintings
to attain their full potential, the ultimate objective is to produce
these paintings in large scale.
The artist became a well-known multi-dimensional
exhibit/museum designer, specializing in theme exhibits and museums.
He has designed more than 50 museums and a long list of special
theme exhibitions in the U.S. and overseas, thus far.
Throughout his design career, past and present,
XELA keeps painting and incorporating and displaying his art and
graphics in many of his works. Lately, he has devoted a larger portion
of his time to producing art and will keep doing so in the foreseeable
future.
His art is recognized by his irreverence, his
subtle sense of humor, his love and respect for graphic values and
his unabashed confident use of colors. Some of his works retell
stories of current and historical events, and of general observations,
and present their conclusions.
XELA is constantly looking for new methods and
materials to tell his story through his art.
He works out of his workroom in Roslyn, New
York, and his studio in Pennsylvania, yet most of his art is produced
from on-site research and impressions garnered during his heavy
domestic and international travel schedule.
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