The Artist’s Family

“Something in My Eye.” 2010. 30 x 40 inches. Mixed-media on canvas. Raymond Elman.

LEE ELMAN (b.1949) is a longtime marketing executive and the founder of Streamline Promotions.  She served as Co-President of Truro Center for the Arts at Castlehill Hill from 2005 to 2008. She was raised in Montréal, Canada.

“Save the Pollinators.” 2023. 40 x 30 inches. Mixed-media on canvas. Raymond Elman.

EVAN ELMAN (b.1989) is a chef and entrepreneur in the Vancouver area, living on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia.  He was raised in Massachusetts.

ADÉLIE HOULE-LACHANCE (b.1991), is a mother and business professional, raised in Montreal and the Sunshine Coast.

CHLOÉ ELMAN (b. 2018) has been fluent in French and English since the age of three.

“Tinkerbell is. . . .” 1990. 9 x 14 inches. Mixed-media on canvas. Raymond Elman.

RAYMOND ELMAN (b.1945) is a lifelong artist.  For 20 years he made only abstract art.  He started making portraits when his son was born in 1989.  Most of the portraits document Elman’s relationships with people in the arts across all art disciplines. He is also the co-founder of Provincetown Arts magazine, and the founding editor-in-chief of ArtSpeak (https://artspeak.fiu.edu/).  Elman made a home in the Outer Cape Cod art community — Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet — from 1970 to 2012.  When his son, Evan, was born in 1989, someone said, “Well, I guess Tinkerbell is dead” — meaning that Elman’s freewheeling lifestyle was over, and he would have to get serious about supporting his family.

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COMMUNITY VALUES:    3:42 min.  

CREATIVE FLEXIBILITY:   3:48 min.  

EXPOSURE TO BROAD INFLUENCES:   7:48 min.