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Duane Eells

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https://www.eells.com

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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.

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.

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Tango Dancer

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Emma Rose - Dancer 16

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I'M BAAAAAACK!

After several years away, I've returned to Ojai. Arizona left its mark on me. Living close to the deserts, I was captivated by their endless arrays of color, their bold, sculptural forms, and the vastness of their landscape. I found myself simplifying shapes, pushing hues further than life, chasing the essence of that luminous terrain rather than a literal record of it. But Ojai is home, and coming back feels exactly like that. I am thrilled to be part of the Ojai Studio Artists once again. This valley's light, community, and creative energy has always been the engine behind my work. This year's tour, I'm bringing pieces shaped by my desert years alongside new work in portraiture, figures, and landscape — old threads and new ones, woven back together. See you in my Upper Ojai studio in October!

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