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duane eells

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Duane Eells, Artist
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Duane Eells was born in Los Angeles and lives in Ojai, California. A representational artist, Eells focuses on portraits, figures and landscapes.
His mother, an oil painter, exposed him to the fine arts at a young age, and enrolled him in painting and drawing classes at the age of 10. Eells studied art and design at California State University Northridge, Humboldt State University and Ventura College, as well as at a number of workshops throughout Southern California.  
In the 1980s, Eells successfully exhibited his work at a variety of venues throughout Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Midway through this decade, his creative focus was graphic design, which led to him starting a successful design firm that thrives to this day.
Since 2000, Eells, a self-taught artist, has re-devoted himself to painting and drawing. During this time he committed to the study of academic drawing and painting in the classical tradition.  He applies these principles to his craft and continues his education while he grows as an artist.
In his portraits, Eells is renowned for his ability to deeply capture the essence and emotion of those he paints.  He uses bold and aggressive strokes that are tempered with a careful adherence to traditional drawing principles. His landscapes are a union of representation and abstraction. He aims to capture the life and energy of the land he paints.
Eells works out of his studio in Ojai, California.


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    • Carolyn Vondriska
    • Cassidy Linder
    • Charlie Whitman
    • Chris Newell
    • Christie Rice
    • Christina Fortney
    • Christopher King
    • Claudia Figueiredo
    • Clay White
    • Conrad Reeder
    • Crow Lauren
    • Dan Lang
    • Daren Magee
    • Darrel Wilson
    • Dave May
    • David Baker
    • David Taylor
    • Dawn & Dana Ceniceros
    • Debi Otto
    • Deborah Lyon
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    • Didde Heidler Chastain
    • Domonic Dean Breaux
    • Duane Eells
    • Dylan Dawes
    • Ecotopia
    • Elaine Unzicker
    • Elizabeth Rose
    • Ellyn Jarvis
    • Emily Burger
    • Emily Florence
    • Emily Vedder
    • Erik Wilde
    • Erin Parker
    • Esther Van Der Werf
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    • Garth Rose
    • Gary Morales
    • Gayel Childress
    • Grant Fortney
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    • Hannah Atkinson
    • Harriette Jump
    • Harvey Rawn
    • Heather and Bob Sanders
    • Help of Ojai
    • Humane Society of Ventura County, Ojai
    • Irasha Pearl Talifero
    • Jack Nesbit
    • James Bryan Davis
    • Jasmine Williams
    • Jeff D. Muth
    • Jeffrey Stuteville
    • Jessica Altman-Pollack
    • John Brooks
    • Johnny Ortez-Tibbels
    • Jose pulido III
    • Judy Gabriel
    • Julia Thomsen
    • Julie Tumamait-Stenslie
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    • Kate Mack
    • Kate Pond
    • Kathleen Collins
    • Katrina MacLachlan
    • Kelly Fenton
    • Kent Butler
    • Kiera Van Gelder
    • Kris Humphries
    • Kristen Finch
    • Lee Ann Manley
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    • Leisa Fusco-Foster
    • Les Dublin
    • Leslie Ferraro
    • Lisa Isbell
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    • Marc Whitman
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    • Martha Moran
    • Mary Neville
    • Meditation Mount
    • Michael Gabriel
    • Michael Wood
    • MiMi Alain
    • Nadia Natali
    • Nancy Gross
    • Nathan Wickstrum
    • Nicholas Franklin
    • Nora Herold
    • Norman Clayton
    • NoSo
    • Ojai Beverage Company
    • Ojai Digital
    • Ojai Foundation
    • Ojai Print Works
    • Ojai Raptor Center
    • Ojai Valley Land Conservancy
    • Ojai Valley Museum
    • Ojai Vineyard
    • Oliver Newell, "Oliwa"
    • Pamela Luna
    • Paul Michael Taylor
    • Paulette Mahurin
    • Perry Van Houten
    • Peter Stuart
    • Point de Chêne
    • Rainbow Bridge Market
    • Rancho Grande
    • Randy and Cindy Melzer
    • Ray Powers
    • Rhonda Lee
    • Rick Monzon
    • River Sauvageau
    • Robin Catherine Lawson
    • Ryan T. Murphy
    • Samuel Tibbels
    • Shahastra Levy
    • Sharon Butler
    • Skip Demuth
    • Soni Wright
    • Susan Florence
    • Susan Bronstein
    • Susanna Joslyn Johansen
    • Tania Parker
    • Ted Temple
    • Thacher School
    • Tracie Topp
    • Travis Escalante
    • Trevor Cox
    • Upper Ojai Relief
    • Valerie Freeman
    • Ventura County Fire Department
    • Ventura County Sheriff’s Office
    • Vera Long
    • Victoria Aja
    • Vina Lustado
    • Wendy Tremiti
    • Wrona Gall
    • Zhena Muzyka
    • Zoe Murdock
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