Humans innately seek growth and inner strength to achieve higher understanding of obstacles naturally presented in life. Overcoming challenging moments and learning these life lessons along the way are represented by the artist in the depth of her work. Moving Mountains is a visual response to the obstacles one faces in life, searching for a way to hurdle over, duck under, go around or through. A constant push to finding the path to the other side. A place where light shines, your heart sings, and joy flies free. It is the courage to have faith over fear and become the best version of oneself despite what others might say or do to sabotage way of being, your climb to achieve your goals or whatever your heart's desire may be. Bold blocks of color and energetic brushstrokes represent the feeling of being switched onto life. Exploring the idea that there is pure potential in everything that we think therefore springing us into action.
This collection of mixed media collage based works inspired by nature and the Divine Feminine. A celebration of the allure of the sea together with the natural beauty of a woman.
A woman’s body is the most provocative when revealed in motion, at play. Nothing is more powerful than the confidence these women exude while on stage.
Elissa uses this collection to celebrate women. The playfulness and the glamour that shine through regardless of the daily obstacles and struggles they may be facing. Allowing their inner beauty to burn through and shine brightly.
Everything flows. Water and emotion are one of the same. Energy flows through the water in our body. Water is the ruler of instincts and feelings, it is feminine and yin. It rules the subconscious mind and is attached to our desires and creative sexual energy. Influenced by the moon cycles there is a constant ebb and flow. Energy motions are waves of water based reactions tiding within the mind and body. Our emotional compass to help us live an authentic and self-expressed life and protect us from negative influence. Flowing gracefully through the palate of emotions in your daily life means staying connected to your water element, your creativity and your sense of feeling.
This collection exemplifies the calm and chaos of our lives and that by staying in a constant flow we can endure the emotional waves before us, finding beauty and peaceful moments to flow through the chaos.
Just as water wants to flow, so do your emotions.
The playful way texture can be manipulated to create bold thematic puzzle like tiles that evoke a sense of symmetrical harmony while exploring color in the most natural and unanticipated ways.
The beauty of line and form, bending and twisting, reflecting of steel creating contrast in a kaleidoscope effect. Architecture straying from pure function to something more surreal.
A playful exploration of color representing natural and urban landscapes.
Elissa takes you away to many lands, crossing boundaries between inner and outer worlds. To imaginary places in both the physical and fantasy planes.
This collection is a quintessential example of an emphasis of digitally layering photography along with combining drawing and painting.
Elissa transforms the discoveries of mind, body, and soul into layers of visual exploration. Her life’s journey flows through her art into multiple levels of self reflection based on personal experiences and global events. Capturing the essence of her visions Elissa manipulates color and form with a variety of mixed media. Her strength and conviction to grow is evident by the intensity of the links bridging thoughts, feelings, and visions, between her inner and outer worlds.
Breathing in, feeling your space, connecting with the moment. This collection of mixed media drawings and painting connect, mind, and spirit with a sense of place.
