ERIC ELI COMES FROM DEEP SOUTH TEXAS RIGHT ON THE BORDER, AND WAS TRAINED AS GRAPHIC ARTIST.

I LOVE THE SIMPLICITY OF BOLD CLEAN LINES, AND THE PLAIN JANE DESIGNS THAT GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS FAST.

I WORKED AT COCA-COLA FOR FOUR YEARS AND LEARNED ALOT ABOUT COMMERCIAL ART AND ADVERTISMENTS.

I LEARNED THAT YOU HAVE EIGHT SECONDS TO CAPTURE SOMEONE ATTENTION AND THE NEUROCHEMICAL REACTION THAT CAUSES

FEELINGS OF LOVE BEGIN IN AS LITTLE AS ONE-FIFTH OF A SECOND. SO AS AN ARTIST, I WANT MY ART TO BE LIKE, LOOKING ACROSS THE

ROOM AND SEEING A PRETTY GIRL, AND THEN YOUR EYES MEET. I LOVE THAT FEELING AND I STRIVE TO MAKE MY ART MAKE PEOPLE FEEL THAT

WAY.

I DEVELOPED MY OWN STYLE COMBINING 60’S POP ART, GRAPHIC DESIGN, AND A DASH OF COMIC BOOK AND LOW-BROW ART.

I’M CURRENTLY DOING TWO SERIES ONE IS MY CHARACTER OF THE LONG-HORNED-JACK-A-LOPE AND THE OTHER IS MY SHRED IT SERIES

WHICH HAS POP ICONS ON SKATEBOARDS, SHREDDING IT.

I believe I have created a style of art that is all of my own and I hope you enjoy it ...

This is a Long-Horned-Jack-A-Loupe, a character that I created, that you’ll see mosey around my artwork from time to time. This character is very personal to me. My father Leo told me once he saw a Jack-A-Loupe while driving as a Trucker, in the Texas hillside. My sister April Lisa went to UT-Austin, and was a proud “Long-Horn”. I combined these two shared experiences and created this character in their memory.