Elly Hadjipateras

Elly Hadjipateras

Member since Saturday 30th Sep, 2017


I am an artist living in London where I work every day in a studio in Kensal rise. I can’t remember a time when I haven’t been drawing painting or creating. When my sister had her first child I did a small portrait of my niece which was seen by friends and from there my career as a portrait artist took off. I loved portrait painting especially the reaction of the recipients when the work was complete. However after many years I began to feel that I was missing the chance to be creative, to do my own exploration and branch out in a different direction. I am now a mainly figurative artist with also a smattering of floral works and landscapes recently I have been experimenting with merging figures with textured floral backgrounds creating an almost surreal dreamlike experience.