Branching Thoughts by Eli Shaw, Acrylic on Canvas Gouache on Paper while I hope that the

while I hope that the objects I create let us see the human-nature experience in a compact and expansive form

was born into a Scottish Highland farming family and was packed off to an English boarding

and I a ceramicist too

I am relentless in using various media and experimentation to create the finished piece

Branching Thoughts by Eli Shaw, Acrylic on Canvas Gouache on Paper while I hope that the22 x 28 June 9, 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