Art/Antiques
$1,000 Off Portrait Fee by Eliot Morris
- Item Number
- 188
- Estimated Value
- 1000 USD
- Sold
- 100 USD to spiketreadwell
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Here's your chance to have that portrait that you have always dreamed of. Memphis' own, Eliot Morris, is generously giving $1,000 off his portrait fee. The talented Mr. Morris' work is undeniably great!
From http://eliotmorris.com:
Hi. My name is Eliot Morris. I am a singer artist/songwriter living in Memphis, TN. I grew up one of six kids in Mobile, Alabama, in what I consider a typical southern upbringing with typical boyhood interest – until the day my father brought home a CD player and a Motown compilation. Then things began to change a bit. I immediately began to find myself lost in music – a romantic wrapped up in front of a speaker. I went to Auburn University and jumped into an unspoken cycle of expectation – quite possibly self imposed. Without really considering my gifts I studied finance and graduated after four years. All the while songs were being born in my heart, mind and dorm room. I played the occasional open mic but I buried the desire to give it a real go. You can only bury some things so deep before they start to show on the surface. So in 2002 I released my own independent record and shortly thereafter, I was able to catch the ear of Gary Gersh who helped discover Nirvana, Counting Crows, Mars Volta and others. In time we decided to work together and he signed me to his label, Strummer Records.
And so was born in me the simple and profound conviction that I am an artist – in the most broad sense of the word. It informs how I perceive and respond to everything in this world. I began to paint and discovered a gift that I had, for whatever reason, never invested in or responded to. I gravitated to the works of people like John Singer Sargent, Anders Zorn and the still living master, Richard Schmid. In painting, I found, and claimed, my inheritance from three previous generations of portrait artists. So, in spite of my lack of formal education in the field, painting people feels very natural and continues to be quite rewarding.
Item Special Note
Fees range from $2,500 to $5,500
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