While still in his native Teruel, his initial work at the Santa Eulalia school already evinced his outstanding drawing skills: it could almost be said that art was in his genes, given his family’s great sensitivity in this respect.

Subsequently, he obtained a scholarship to study in Valencia and Toledo.

After doing his military service, he moved to Barcelona in order to complete his studies. For a year, he worked with the design team in charge of women’s collections for a well-known fashion firm.

Surprising is the term that could be used to describe the work created by Arturo Elena. Beginning with his technique and moving on to his style, this self-taught artist has revolutionized the world of graphic illustration.

His work in fashion illustration has received both national and international recognition and has appeared in prestigious publications.

While still in his native Teruel, his initial work at the Santa Eulalia school already evinced his outstanding drawing skills: it could almost be said that art was in his genes, given his family’s great sensitivity in this respect.

Subsequently, he obtained a scholarship to study in Valencia and Toledo.

After doing his military service, he moved to Barcelona in order to complete his studies. For a year, he worked with the design team in charge of women’s collections for a well-known fashion firm.

Over the next four years, he further developed his career in other cities such as Seville and Murcia among others, executing designs for both men’s and women’s collections.

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The most noteworthy aspects of Elena’s work are the lengthening of the human form while maintaining perfect harmony of proportions, the carriage of the figures and the movement suggested. All in all, realism is the element that predominates in his compositions.

The handling of light and colour are the two features that predominate in his technique: a perfect representation of both the figures and the texture of the tissues, together with other characteristic elements, is thus achieved.

The special effects resulting from the subtly applied light and shadows learned from the classical masters are filtered by their own style and transmit modernity and exquisite genius.

The colours wherein the combination of shades, sheen and intensity maintain perfect and coherent harmony with the rest of Elena’s work, also contribute to the above effect.

The materials used are, preferably, paper and synthetic inks applied with markers to achieve extraordinary effects.

To sum up, we here encounter a singular artist with a very personal and suggestive style, who applies his own techniques to achieve admirable results outside the present artistic currents and extraordinary brilliance, undoubtedly the marks of great talent.» ©