Robin Eley is an extraordinary Adelaide based painter. He was born in London in 1978 to his Chinese mother and Australian father. The family returned to live in Australia in 1981 where Eley lived until he completed his secondary education, at which time he travelled to the US in 1997 to attend the Westmont College to achieve his BA in Fine Arts. Eley then returned to Australia and now lives in Adelaide with his wife, Rachel.
Equipped with the simple tool of a paintbrush Eley is capable of creating photo-quality artworks that attract immediate attention. The amazingly hyper-realistic paintings give the illusion of looking at an actual photograph and the impact is undeniable. The subjects depicted in many of Eley’s large-scale oil paintings are naked, wrapped in plastic wrap with every minute detail of each body and the countless reflections of their translucent covers skillfully portray by the artist.
Equipped with the simple tool of a paintbrush Eley is capable of creating photo-quality artworks that attract immediate attention. The amazingly hyper-realistic paintings give the illusion of looking at an actual photograph and the impact is undeniable. The subjects depicted in many of Eley’s large-scale oil paintings are naked, wrapped in plastic wrap with every minute detail of each body and the countless reflections of their translucent covers skillfully portray by the artist.
Eley is clearly a master craftsman in the practice of painting. Not only are his oil paintings incredibly detailed and superbly realistic, but have been exhibited both nationally and internationally with some of his works currently being displayed in galleries in California and New York. Eley moving and sensitive artworks have been recognised by the Eutick Memorial Prize, the Nora Heysen Centenary Art Prize, Doug Moran Nation Portrait Prize (highly commended runner-up in 2010 and highly commended 3rd place in 2011) and the Archibald Prize. Aside from his amazing artistic achievements, Eley is a celebrated public speaker, his engaging lectures have been hailed both in Austalia and Overseas with an audience ranging from a modest number to a grand crowd of 3000.
“Inspired by history, I extract from the present. Artifacts and textures that reflect the beauty and nobility of decline and question the modern obsession with perfection. While my subjects and technique are intentionally very real, the context in which they are painted is less defined" Robin Eley
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| Robin Eley at work |
“Inspired by history, I extract from the present. Artifacts and textures that reflect the beauty and nobility of decline and question the modern obsession with perfection. While my subjects and technique are intentionally very real, the context in which they are painted is less defined" Robin Eley
"In both concept and craft, Singularity is my response to the growing isolation within modern culture. Not isolation in a traditional sense, physical and beyond our control, but emotional and of our own design." Robin Eley, 2012
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