About Elie Kanaan

A timeless resonance transpires through the work of this self-taught artist. In a profound understanding of color, the majority of Kanaan’s work is oil painting on canvas. As his career progressed, so did the abstract tendency take over the figurative aspects of his earlier work. Attentively involved in the subtlety of composition, and the inner workings of color harmony, this deepening interest in abstraction was born out of Kanaan’s desire to dive into and express his inner world through painting. A glimmer of hope shines through the work, which portrays a balanced spectrum of emotion between life and decay, joy and anguish.