My abstract work is based on spontaneity and experimentation. I like to describe my process as engineering “happy accidents”, and I seek to make art that appears to be born of natural phenomena rather than by the human hand. I see cascades, bursts, microscopic life forms, meteor showers, droplets, flowing water, tree bark, sun rays and moon beams.

In my figurative work, I invent human figures and explore the expressive psychology that can be found in their self-contained poses. My compositions often return to themes of solitude and intimacy, and whether they are of solitary figures or multiple figures who express a relationship with one another, each piece tells its story in the simplest means possible.

I am inspired by traditional and folkloric art forms as well as by classical art and expressionism. 

About Elan
Elan Kamesar was born in San Francisco, where he continues to live and make art. He has been practicing the fine art of printmaking since 1998, and his work is primarily in etching, linoleum cut and lithography. He is forever fascinated and mystified by the process of developing imagery through a series of steps on intermediary surfaces to finally arrive at the final piece, untouched directly by his hand. When the print is pulled from the press it appears as a surprise, a revelation that transcends the artist’s own conscious efforts throughout the process of its creation.

Elan studied Fine Art with a BA from UC Santa Cruz in 2000. He has been an artist member of the California Society of Printmakers since 2004, and an artist member of the Graphic Arts Workshop in San Francisco since 2005. He has traveled extensively in Latin America and Europe, and has worked in printmaking studios in Italy, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and the Netherlands. His work has been exhibited locally and internationally and is held in private collections throughout the World, including the U.S. Library of Congress.