ABOUT

Duane Eells is an American portrait, figurative and landscape painter. His work is inspired by his love of the great masters of the past. He strives to find beauty, emotion and essence in his art, combining traditional methods balanced with contemporary art styles.

Currently Eells is exploring the vast array of colors and forms in nature. He simplifies the shapes and exaggerates the hues. He wonders, “what if you see all the colors of a season in a single landscape, in a single moment.” These scenes and portraits are formal abstractions graphically portrayed and often juxtaposed with traditional realism depicting the people of the land.

His mother, an oil painter, exposed him to the fine arts early, and enrolled him in painting and drawing classes at the age of 10. Eells studied art and design at California State University Northridge, Humboldt State University and Ventura College in California. He is an avid learner and is in constant pursuit of artistic growth.

Eells has exhibited his work at a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. His paintings and drawings hang in private collections throughout the world.

Eells has won several awards for his portrait paintings including third place in the prestigious Portrait Society of America members competition. Eells works out of his studio in Ojai, California.