Futuristic Visions Virtual Art Exhibition

Andrew Elsten
Confession
Oil on Paper
4500
andrewelsten.com

At the root of my practice, I’m a storyteller. Through my narrative practice, I view the act of creation as a cathartic measure, one fraught with trial and rumination. My artworks are a combination of my negotiations with life, morality, anxiety, depression, and a fascination with the emotive power of the human figure in its surrounding environment. As a father, a husband, and an educator, I use artwork as a means of communicating with the world through the narratives and physical presence of my loved ones. My compositions contain crumbs of the everyday, of familial interactions, solitary walks in nature, and finding peace within circumstance. My works utilize familiar motifs present within romantic painting and literature to create a dialogue with viewers that feels familiar and safe, but all the more unsettling and uncanny. I seek to show similarly the beautiful and the tragic, while the precise and meditative nature of my practice allows me to tease out the narratives present within a given situation or form before engaging with the viewer and telling the story anew.