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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