Biff Elrod

Sign Climbers

1988

Biff Elrod's use of color and implied movement in the Movement into Light from The Ceiling Paintings Exhibition provided a visual experience of contemporary life. Ceiling Painting ...

James Louis Steg Untitled (children playing and dolls) 30 x 22 “ Xerography on paper on paperboard Unsigned This is a unique work, a collage made from manipulated xerography. James...

Moonscape with collaged battle scenes (See detail image) Mixed media with collage and xerox Signed and dated, JL Steg 1992 lower right Condition: Very Good Provenance: Artist Studio Donna...

Biff Elrod (b. 1946 in Ft. Worth TX) is a New York City based painter. He has shown widely throughout the United States, at spaces including the Soho Center for the Arts, Yves Arman ...

Pencil on paper Helen Warner is a British artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Southampton, UK. She studied Art, Sport Studies and Human Biology at...

10" x 11" Unframed Original Pen, Ink, and Oil Pastel Drawing Hand Signed by Joe Lasker

Everything that is contained in a given space, things and the links among them, provide starting points for painted scenes I create as an exploration of the construction of reality. ...

-ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an Everyman who is at odds with society and his self. Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid. This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light. -BIO- Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...