This is where I began as a painter in the mid-nineties when I moved to the Southern Tier in New York State surrounded by dense woodlands, stone walls, abandoned apple orchards and a diversity of wildlife. ...I had found my utopia.

Biophilia Beginnings 1998 >
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Kalo Taxithi (Safe Journey)
2003-5
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 106 in

this painting has been permanently mounted on a 2 inch cradled panel
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Rousseau's Jungle
2002
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 66 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Passage
1998
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 84 in

Private Collection, Laguna Niguel, CA
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on masonite
Forest Song Book
2003
oil and mixed media on masonite
48 x 96 in

Private Collection, Eldred, NY
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Eternal Wave
2002
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 72 in

Collection of the Artist
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Pastoral Song
2003
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 72 in

Private Collection, Toronto, ON
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Memory of Desire
2002
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 96 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on paper
Cicada Starlight
1999
oil and mixed media on paper
42 x 108 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil on gessoed paper
Tapestry
1998
oil on gessoed paper
42 x 80 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed medium on gessoed paper
Pastoral Song II
2000
oil and mixed medium on gessoed paper
42 x 84 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on canvas
Highlands
2000
oil and mixed media on canvas
42 x 84 in

intended to be permanently mounted on cradled 2 inch birch panel
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Voyage of the Beagle
1999
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
42 x 108 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on paper
The Passion for Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998)
1999
oil and mixed media on paper
42 x 96 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and graphite on gessoed paper
Roots
2003
oil and graphite on gessoed paper
42 x 66 in
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
Lilac Thunder
2000
oil and mixed media on gessoed paper
96 x 42 in

this piece is permanently mounted on 2 inch cradled birch panel
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > oil and mixed media on unstretched canvas
I Know a Bank Where the Wild Thyme Blows
2002
oil and mixed media on unstretched canvas
60 x 50 in

intended to be permanently mounted on 2 inch cradled birch panel
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Mixed mediums on canvas
Remembrance
2001
Mixed mediums on canvas
50 x 60 in

Private Collection, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Mixed mediums on canvas
Red Meadow
2000
Mixed mediums on canvas
50 x 60 in

Private collection, Hawley, PA
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > 50 x 60 in
Unspoken
20001
50 x 60 in
oil and enamel on canvas
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Oil, enamel, ink on canvas
Blue Poppies
2000
Oil, enamel, ink on canvas
50 x 60 in

destroyed
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Mixed Mediums on canvas
Heartbreak
2000
Mixed Mediums on canvas
50 x 60 in

destroyed
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Oil on canvas
Byzantine Meadow
2000
Oil on canvas
50 x 60 in

destroyed
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Mixed mediums on canvas
Blue Meadow
2000
Mixed mediums on canvas
50 x 60 in

destroyed
ELENI SMOLEN Biophilia Beginnings 1998 > Mixed mediums on canvas
Biophilia
2000
Mixed mediums on canvas
50 x 60 in

destroyed