Elliott Green: At the Far Edge of the Known World
Yau, John / Green, Elliott
Elliott Green's radiant landscapes depict a world in unceasing motionThe autodidact painter Elliott Green (born 1960) came to New York City at age 21 to learn how to paint from scratch. Eight years later, an unsolicited envelope of 35mm slides he sent to an Upper East Side gallery resulted in a show, and his paintings were hanging alongside Warhols and de Koonings. In 2011, while in Italy as a recipient of the Rome Prize, he painted the first ...