Eli Schumont, Aura

Eli Schumont (b. 1999) is painting as a Graduate in Residence at the Grand Central Atelier in Queens. Before crossing the country to New York City, he earned a BA in English from the University of Oregon. The son of a fine woodworker and a writer/teacher, Eli is driven by the love of careful craftsmanship and an emphasis on tradition and scholarship. Eli pursues rigorous accuracy of drawing and a tactile representation of the human morphology, chasing the depiction of glowing flesh, chiseled bone, and rippling muscle. With great reverence particularly for the Masters of the Northern and Italian Renaissance, he paints meticulous portraits and figures, studying to continue this long legacy of human-centered artwork.