METROPOLIS
Capturing the energy and excitement of life in the city
Buy City Life Prints From Elena Bond’s Metropolis Series
Cities represent the culmination of human development and endeavor. They are the epicenter of culture, art, science, and commerce and for the visual artist, they provide an endless challenge to depict its architecture, its moods, its secrets, and especially its unique inhabitants. Elena Bond’s paintings represent her attempt to capture the essence of those qualities in places as diverse from one another as New York City, Miami, Chicago, Washington DC, Anchorage, New Orleans to Paris, Antiqua, Rome, Amsterdam, and Mykonos. Bond often starts with an idea, or a series of ideas involving a particular place or cast of characters, then as she paints her imagination takes over as she creates a unique magical environment that refers to a particular place but really has a life and character of its own.
This happens naturally as Elena Bond becomes immersed in the experience, interpreting the world around her and seeking to capture on canvas or paper not only the visual impression of light and color but other sensory aspects of the scene. These sensory aspects include warmth or chilliness, sounds, atmosphere, or other specific activities around her subjects as she paints a particular place and time. She uses a bright palette, modeled on her Impressionist ancestor’s method but the excitement in her work comes from the rapid palette knife strokes and energy she gets from her attempts to catch the light as it washes across a scene. The result is a total sensory experience of light, color, and texture that challenges and engages the viewer in a totally new way.
Elena Bond’s Inspiration For Her Metropolis Series
“The way light falls on an object has always fascinated me and in my paintings, I strive to capture that interesting effect the light plays on subjects. I believe an artist’s job is to make people notice things they see in everyday life but fail to really notice. I believe there is so much subtle beauty in the world, and it is the artists’ job to make people learn how to see it. I invite you, the gallery visitor, to imagine the narratives for the palette paintings I call “little theaters.” I provide the composition. You may provide the story.”
Elena Bond’s love of travel and exploration sparks the inspiration, both spiritual and visual, that she derives from experiencing new landscapes, people, and culture, this in turn invigorates her work and challenges her to both depict and understand our world. She paints places and people where the weather, traditions, and geography may vary but the elements that identify and characterize these particular locales can be interpreted by her as universal themes that unite us and bring us together as humans.
METROPOLIS SERIES
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Buy “Going Uptown” – Oil Painting on Paper Featuring People Leaving Uptown
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Buy “Embrace The Moment” – Oil Painting on Canvas of Life in the City
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Buy “Me, A Traveler” – Oil Painting on Paper with People Passing by Each Other
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Buy “Follow Me” – Oil Painting on Paper of a Dog in the City
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Buy “On The Pulse of Morning” – Oil Painting on Paper with People Crossing the City
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Buy “Blue Dream” – Oil Painting on Paper of the Night in the City
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Buy “Every Storm Runs Out Of Rain” – Oil Painting on Paper of People Under the Rain
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Buy “Sun In My Face, Shadows Fall Behind” – Oil Painting on Canvas of People
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Buy “Town Square” – Oil Painting on Paper of People in the City
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Buy “Slow Rider” – Oil Painting on Paper of City Lights
MIDNIGHT SERIES
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Buy “Heart In Hand” – Oil Painting on Paper with a Couple in the City
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Buy “Touch The Sky” – Oil Painting on Canvas of Reflection of a Night Sky
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Buy “A Spirit Within” – Oil Painting on Canvas of a City at Night
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Buy “By Your Side” – Oil Painting on Canvas of a Couple at Night
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Buy “Portside Glow” – Oil Painting on Canvas of a Boat on the Lake
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Buy “Urban Classic” – Oil Painting on Canvas of Daylight in the City
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Buy “Midnight Hour” – Oil Painting on Canvas of Rush Hour in the City
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Buy “Midnight Light” – Oil Painting on Canvas of City Lights
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Buy “Midnight Rush” – Oil Painting on Canvas of Traffic at Night
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Buy “The Way Home” – Oil Painting on Canvas of a Walking Couple