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Elena Gallegos

Elena Gallegos

Artist

Born in California I grew up creating art from a young age. I took many art and figurative classes at Los Rios, San Fransisco City Collage and a year at Academy of Art San Francisco which I attended for textile design and learned I hated sewing yet gained measurably from the contour focused figurative drawing class. That year I left the school after I became enlightened, nothing fancy or mysterious, but a pivotal perceptual shift in which one perceives the essential nature of themselves as fundamental consciousness. From their my focus shifted largely to nature photography as I began hiking more, with my focus returning to painting and drawing over the recent years.

My current work focusing on landscapes and inspired instances or moments that interest or move me. Moments that can be likened to nodes on a timeline.