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ELISSA EVANS
ELISSA EVANS
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Background
Elissa V Evans born in 1976, began drawing before talking and kept
sketch book diaries throughout her childhood. Having completed
Foundation Studies in Art & Design at Swansea Institute in 1994, Elissa
went on to graduate from De Montfort University in Lincoln with Ba Hons
Fine Art –specialising in Printmaking. Whilst working in the world of
Children’s Books and Television in London her passion for illustration
grew to match that of her obsession with self portraiture which
continues to be the base themes for her present work.
In 2003 having escaped from a hectic life in London, Elissa worked at SPW helping to make the Printworks Outreach and The Dylan Thomas Projects great successes- even accompanying the DTP twelve prints to New York City where they went on display in non other than the Welsh Assembly’s Offices in The Chrysler Building in the heart of Manhattan.
Now in 2008 whilst working full time (to pay the rent) and singing for her supper in her new found love- Jazz- Elissa hopes to find time to make more work and enjoy the opportunities SPW offers for Full members like her self. The first collaborative print of the year- ‘Shoes’ certainly got the creative juices flowing!
Artist's Statement
I have been [and
still am] fascinated with my self image- how I feel and think I look- in
comparison to the images I see of myself- be it in drawing, a print, a
photograph or in a reflection.
I often work in strong lines and colours, when printing, but have a true love of the ‘sketch’, the study’, a beautiful hand drawn image that makes you stop and smile.
In an attempt to move away from the traditional self portrait my current work is focusing on producing images that may not have me in them but which use ‘treasured possessions’ and or reference personal memories.
Although these stem from the personal- I hope to evoke a sense of history and even a recognition of a shared experience.
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