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Ronald D. Eller
33 Hillside Lane
Colchester, CT 06415
Ph: (860) 267-6729
Email: ron@reller.com
Web Site: http://www.ron-eller.com


• 1] Ron-Eller.com This site is Ron Eller’s home plate. On display are Ron's most intimate musings.
• 2] RonaldEller.com hosts over 25 images of artworks created by Ron Eller, plus blogs.
• 3] RedBubble.com displays many of Ron Eller's better artworks with an assortment of poetry.
• 4] Saatchi Online hosting Ron Eller's artworks with descriptions and influences.
• 4] Gonzo Art & Neo-Expressionism artworks with an unusual bent and emotive inspiration.
• 4] Vimeo digital movies expressing animation of poetic diatribes.

An Artists Statement,

As an artist of the twenty first century, my work is a multiplicity of mediums, starting with pen and pencil, oil paint on canvas, photography, watercolor and digital art. There appears to be some ill-conceived and mistaken bias regarding digital art. It generally comes from people whose limited exposure is the cliché of "Photoshopism" or the triteness of fractal geometry. As with all prejudices there is a sliver of truth that outlines the origin. The fact is a great deal of digital art is extraordinarily bad. It must be understood that computer generated art is in its infancy. As with all misguided prejudice in the end the bias shall be tomorrows rule. As long as mankind progresses, the future of all creative works will eventually become digital. This is inevitable and when people see it as a medium and an assured reality, they will start to view the work differently.

I have been laboring as a fine artist for a short time. I often have to retell myself this when things aren't going well. My background as a commercial artist has been somewhat beneficial. As a graphic designer it wasn't personal, I always suspected most clients lacked taste. On rare occasions, however, I was able to work for some very gifted people who understood the relationship between marketing and good design, Most of the time I was able to work around any conflicts, which is the cornerstone of being a good graphic designer in corporate America.

Fine art is a different animal altogether. I don’t always know why I create what I create. I generally get why I choose a certain method for a specific piece and I trust my design sensibilities. What makes fine art more difficult is that it is intensely personal. ”Love me, love my art. Love my art, love me.” Without being pedestrian, I believe that what we are marketing is less art but a glorification of famous artistic signatures. This is regrettable but it’s a truth that I accept and by all appearances is valid. Picasso, Pollack, Warhol, Dali and numerous other artists relied on the cult of personality to propel them into fame that historically deemed the fortunate ones unique. If artists let their art speak and no artist could sign their work it would level the playing field and the value of a Picasso and a Warhol would be totally different. Regretfully this will never be nor should it be. For a long time I refused to sign my work because I felt it was promoting the corporate deception that if it came from Picasso, De Kooning, Motherwell ad infinitus it was valued as great art. The signature was no more than a collectable autograph and it protected the art collections of the rich and famous. There are quite a few Picasso’s I wouldn’t pay five cents for. Regretfully my idealism is self-defeating. Knowing that we aren’t marketing the artwork as much as the person creating the work is an important distinction. Since I began my journey as a fine artist it became clear that everything I said or did was all part of the creative process. Every word I write, every song I compose, every scribble I scratch, and every word I speak is all my art. It has been a difficult surrender to accept the notion that the stage I am on is life itself and there is no intermission. It can be a stuggle to deal with the inherent unfarness of a career that has little to no structure. Being a fine Artist is not about creating fine art but more about the illusion of creation and perceptions of a public that hasn't the faintest idea about what they want.

The Internet is helping to level the playing field of famous twentieth century art and the contemporary twenty-first century artist. There are a growing number of artists who are benefiting from the exposure the net has afforded them. No longer is great visual art, musical accomplishment under the purview of Time Life, CBS, ABC, or NBC. No longer are we assured untold fame and wealth because we made the cover of Time Life or People. The Internet has shifted the paradigm. There are a growing number of artists musical, visual and written who are experiencing modest fame because people have become more adept at finding artistic choices that are more personal and accessible on the net. Musically I am listening to a very mixed group of contemporary musical artists because I can go out and sample some obscure artist I really like. This again is unprecedented. We are on the edge and we are making history. Greatness is just not under the influence of a few magazines and national media. In this country we have the illusion of a free press however the reality is that a very significant small group of people have for many years decided what was real and what wasn't beginning with Hearst, Rockefeller and Luce. I can still remember the black and white photos of Pablo Picasso on the cover of Life Magazine as they introduced Picasso as one of the great artists of the twenty first century. He made his first publications in 1949. I was two years old. Some how I knew at a very young age that what I was observing was significant.. It was so because Life Magazine said so. Many years passed as I came to understand that most authority operated under a faulty illusion. It is true because they made it so. Now it’s time to say. ”Move over Picasso, R. Eller, is on his way over.” People are starting to exercise their choices beyond fame and big media.” Because the Internet has remained an essentially free and unfettered exchange of knowledge big media no longer has a strangle hold on the dissemination of information. Because the Internet is a grass roots medium people are making choices about fame and art that is more refined and personal. Historically this is unprecedented.

People who buy contemporary art want to know the artist. They want to put a face to the work. The Internet is not a place to buy art. I would never advise anyone to buy an artwork sight unseen in the first person. However the Internet is a wonderful place to get acquainted before one becomes committed. ts a place where more and more gifted artists are catologing there work. Collectors can easily access thousands of on line images and get enough information about an emerging artists style and preferences to make an informed decision about an artists profitability.

Looking Ahead,

R. Eller

"Art is never chaste. It ought to be forbidden to ignorant innocents, never allowed into contact with those not sufficiently prepared. Yes, art is dangerous. Where it is chaste, it is not art." Pablo Picasso (1881–1973)