BIOGRAPHY
Eric Alexander Santoli (b.1991) is an artist and teacher. He is a 2014 BFA graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a 2013 certificate graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Santoli has also taken classes at the Grand Central Atelier. He is currently a graduate student in the Master of Arts in Studio Art Program at the Florence Academy of Art.
In May of 2021, he was awarded the Versailles Foundation's Munn Fellowship Artist Residency Award which will allow him to live and work in Claude Monet's house and gardens in Giverny, France for 3 months in 2023.
Santoli is a brand ambassador for Natural Pigments and an affiliate artist with Rosemary & Co Artists' Brushes. He is currently represented by Geary Gallery, Zatista, Singulart and Alfa Art Gallery.
In addition to painting, he enjoys being outdoors, traveling, reading, writing, skateboarding and riding his Triumph Bonneville T100.
In May of 2021, he was awarded the Versailles Foundation's Munn Fellowship Artist Residency Award which will allow him to live and work in Claude Monet's house and gardens in Giverny, France for 3 months in 2023.
Santoli is a brand ambassador for Natural Pigments and an affiliate artist with Rosemary & Co Artists' Brushes. He is currently represented by Geary Gallery, Zatista, Singulart and Alfa Art Gallery.
In addition to painting, he enjoys being outdoors, traveling, reading, writing, skateboarding and riding his Triumph Bonneville T100.
Artist's Statement
"As an artist, my goal is to give my viewers a feeling that they can’t get by any other means. My goal isn’t to paint copies or to mimic photography. I like painting works in oils and watercolor that capture fleeting moments directly from nature. I love painting en plein air, but I also have an affinity for portraiture and figurative work. I am very well versed in art history and have a deep respect for artists of the past who have inspired me, many of whom painted en plein air. I utilize the ideas and methods of impressionism, but I find it best built on a solid foundation of atelier training. I like painting thickly and quickly because I want people to view my work in person and see each brushstroke. I personally love going to museums and seeing artists’ brushstrokes in person because it feels like I have a direct connection with the moment that they created the painting. I think of painting as a meditation and as a way of appreciating the moment; I want to capture that moment of light and color as best as I can with paint."
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