Upon graduation from the Boston’s School of Art and Design, Eli Cedrone studied art in Italy and at the Museum of Fine Arts. Her professional career began as an art director at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising in Bermuda, followed by work as an illustrator and editorial designer in Laguna Beach, CA. Her paintings have been exhibited nationally and, in the alla prima method of painting, she is a popular workshop instructor in the US and abroad.

Cedrone works in oils, and feels it’s important to work from life. She paints en plein air and develops larger works in studio from the model, memory and a variety of reference materials. Contemporary Realism would best describe her style. Two powerful influences have been the Spanish impressionist, Joaquin Sorolla and the Bay Area painter, Richard Diebenkorn. Others include Nicolai Fechin, Anders Zorn, John Singer Sargent and Antonio Lopez Garcia.

Cedrone’s work bridges abstraction and realism. She is drawn to the human form as an expressive and interpretive vehicle. The figures exist in representational and painterly worlds. Narratives are explored and developed as she strives to capture the emotional power of the moment.

For Cedrone, landscape painting is a journey in search of something that ultimately evokes a personal response — something beyond the obvious and descriptive. Her concerns are with the expressive qualities of light captured in paint as much as they’re about new ways to consider the landscape in contemporary painting.

“Feeling too comfortable as an artist is dishonest. Art is born out of life and life is a mystery, an ongoing transformation. The work must have modesty, it must be free from ostentation. Common can be beautiful, emotionally resonant and demanding without being manipulative or artificially provocative.”

Education

• Private Study or Workshops: Richard Schmid, Casey Baugh, John Kilroy, John Terelak, Cynthia Packard
• 2000 & 2001, School of the MFA, Boston, MA
  Museum studies, painting, drawing.
• 1985, Florence, Italy; Florida State University Summer program
• 1979-1981, NE School of Art & Design Boston, MA. Three year Visual Arts Program; Painting, drawing, art history, advertising, graphic design, and illustration.
• 1975-1977, Bridgewater State College, MA. Major: Fine Arts and Education

Collections

• Kevin H. White Family
• Bank of America
• WGBH Television
• Atlantic Symphony Orchestra
• Dr. Leo Chylack
• Anthony Michael Hall

Awards

• 2009 Third Place,“Dalena At The Window”, Portrait Society Of America,
  Members Showcase Exhibit

• 2009 Third Place, “Repose”. Juried Figure Exhibition, North River Arts Society, MA

• 2008 Award of Excellence
  “Mercato" Members Exhibition
  North River Arts Society, MA

• 2007 First Prize Oils, “Journey's End”, Pembroke Arts Festival, MA

• 2007 Honorable Mention, “Swans At Rest”, Guild of Boston Artists,
  NE Representational Show

• 2008 Calendar Contest, “Kate In The Garden”, North River Arts Society, MA

• 2007 Honorable Mention, “Shellseekers”  Members Show,
  North River Arts Society, MA

• 2006 Honorable Mention, “After the Beach” Members Show,
  North River Arts Society, MA

• 2006 Third Place, “Field of Dreams”
  Captain Forbes Museum, MA

• 2005 Third Place, “Sun Sand & Bucket”, Hull Lifesaving Museum, MA

• 2004 Third Place, Juried Members Exhibition, Fuller Museum of Art, MA

• 2004 Third Place, “Field of Dreams”
  Capt. Forbes Musuem, MA

• 2004 Honorable Mention, Winter Juried Show, Duxbury Art Museum, MA

• 2002 Second Place, Oils, “The Offering”, Duxbury Art Museum, MA

• 1997 Second Place, Oils, “Urban Legend”, Duxbury Art Museum, MA

• 1994 Award of Excellence,
  Costa Mesa Art League, CA
  All-Media Juried Exhibition