ELLIOTT GREEN

"Green’s dynamically abstracted landscapes are indeed revelatory. To say that he has reinvented the genre is not an exaggeration. Most contemporary efforts at mediating figuration and abstraction result in something betwixt and between. Green, who transitioned from figuration to abstraction in gradual phases—from cartoony figures to floating biomorphic shapes to his current oeuvre— has developed a striking, sui generis style."

- Phoebe Hoban in "Fire and Ice"

"Green employs this cornucopia of implements to layer his canvases; the accretion of marks may at first appear random, but the artist has an innate sense of composition, deftly juggling the unexpected juxtaposition of shapes and colors into a cohesive balance that both emulates and reconfigures nature, creating images that range from contemplative and serene to disturbing, even violent; from the stuff of dreams to the stuff of nightmares."

- Phoebe Hoban in "Fire and Ice"

"Green often depicts different and sometimes clashing weather zones within a single piece. The lyrical Sing in the Sky, (2024), which focuses on a frothy band of clouds dissecting the canvas, is a notable exception. The shapes and hues are seductively soft, and the only hints of danger lie in the slashing blue strokes of sky and the unexpected arid ridges that interrupt what could be gently rolling hills or a denser lower level of clouds. As in all of Green’s work, there is an inherent sense of motion."

- Phoebe Hoban in "Fire and Ice"