"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts.

- Sir Joshua Reynolds

art gallery

Elan's featured artist is Gabriel Mark. artofgabriel.com. Gabriel's frozen moments in time communicate the ineffable. Saturated in beauty, the mundane is transformed into the fantastic. His subjects are of the people and architecture he encounters on his travels. They are of the lonely cobblestone streets of Prague, the romantic architecture of Venice and the hills of his home in Ashland, Oregon. He has painted the calloused fishermen in Greece, the mischievous girls of Tokyo and our American hipsters. In a culture obsessed with youth, Gabriel Mark's art examines the charm and beauty of the elderly. His work celebrates the timeless antiquity of the world. Whether he is pushing or limiting his palette, the versatility of his craftsmanship is astonishing. With several public murals and paintings housed in numerous collections, Gabriel takes care to balance his time between both commissions and studio work. When asked which he prefers he replied, "It's all painting. Painting is what I love."