Eli Portman
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Notable Achievements
-Boston Athenaeum Artist Fellow-2019-2020 Community Fellowship -Artist Member of the Copley Society of Art -Artist Member of the Cape Cod Art center -Featured Artist in the Boston Globe (Article HERE) -Artist for the Label of "Night Windows" Beer from Small Changes Brewing Company -Artist Member of the Carroll and Sons Gallery Boston Drawing Project |
An exciting announcement! I'm honored to be one of the 2019-2020 Fellows for the Boston Athenaeum Community Fellowship! My project: " Classical Illustrations of the interior of the Boston Athenaeum --- Reflecting Boston's Artistic Style and History within American Art" will involve on site painting and research. I'm super excited to explore the Athenaeum's history and architecture, and how it relates to the city's artistic legacy and integrity! More images and posts to follow as the project progresses! Stay tuned!
Follow me on Instagram: @eli.portman
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Get my work on Turning Art: https://www.turningart.com/artist/elliot-portman
It was such an honor to work with the students at Salem State University to paint a HUGE mural as part of their "We Belong Here" Campaign! By far the largest mural I've ever done, and on a tight timeline to boot. From Planning to completion in two weeks. The actual mural was executed in 2 days, with at least a dozen students and a couple of faculty members helping me to prime and prep the wall with base layers before I put down the final work myself. Weather held and I'm quite proud of the results. Hoping it'll be a big help to the University's campaign of inclusiveness and acceptance!
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-Current Showings
- The Well Coffee House, 1 State Street, Boston MA -Harvard Square JP Licks, 1312 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA -Crimson Bikes, 1001 Mass Ave, Cambridge, 02138 -Bennett Gallery, 357 Main St, Hyannis, MA 02601 |
Current Class Offerings:
One on One Lessons Via Takelessons Brookline Adult Ed Milton Art Center Eliot School, Jamaica Plain |
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Something to think about:
My work is based around the things that people always wanted but don't like to admit they could have ever been 'foolish enough' to try and achieve. The thoughts that remind them that they once had greater ambitions, amazing dreams, that in the middle of the night they would lie awake and smile to themselves as they imagined the things they would one day achieve. The same things they try to forget as they work from 9-5 with their noses pressed up against the screen, sipping coffee in their cubicle, bleary eyed. The things they try to forget while attempting to convince themselves that they are satisfied with who they are and what they have grown into being. My work is made of the shards of shattered dreams, the ballooning hopes of youth and the regrets of the aging and elderly. When you look at my work, think about the child in me that dreamed of it and the adult I am that warped it enough in order to make it fit onto a piece of paper. If you've made it this far, you've already done most of the hard part. The easy part is looking at my work. But the hardest part is thinking about it. If nothing else, I hope my art makes you think.
-ELI
My work is based around the things that people always wanted but don't like to admit they could have ever been 'foolish enough' to try and achieve. The thoughts that remind them that they once had greater ambitions, amazing dreams, that in the middle of the night they would lie awake and smile to themselves as they imagined the things they would one day achieve. The same things they try to forget as they work from 9-5 with their noses pressed up against the screen, sipping coffee in their cubicle, bleary eyed. The things they try to forget while attempting to convince themselves that they are satisfied with who they are and what they have grown into being. My work is made of the shards of shattered dreams, the ballooning hopes of youth and the regrets of the aging and elderly. When you look at my work, think about the child in me that dreamed of it and the adult I am that warped it enough in order to make it fit onto a piece of paper. If you've made it this far, you've already done most of the hard part. The easy part is looking at my work. But the hardest part is thinking about it. If nothing else, I hope my art makes you think.
-ELI