Morning Coffee and Existential Terror by Eli Shaw, Acrylic on Canvas tinged she soon chooses painting as

she soon chooses painting as a mean to express her creativity through large figurative portraits

My name is Chris Vasileiadis

The Milkmaid by Iliyani

An encounter in the gap

57” x 16

Morning Coffee and Existential Terror by Eli Shaw, Acrylic on Canvas tinged she soon chooses painting as15 x 30 March 8th, 2017 Artist Biography My name is Eli Shaw. Ive been creating art for 10 years. Im a disabled American veteran. Ive used my art in the past 3 years to heal and to explore mental illness from a very personal place. I served in the military for 5 years and deployed once. I have seen first hand how mental illness affects soldiers. My goal in my work is to bridge the gap between people with mental illness and people without. I want to