ELLE STREET ART: PAINT, FIRE, AND THE UNSEEN UNIVERSE
- Daniel D.
- May 24
- 2 min read
From Bedroom Walls to City Canvases
Elle isn’t just an artist she’s a creator of worlds.
Before hitting city walls or mixing neon with spray paint in Miami, she was a kid with a sketchbook drawing her cat and pony. “Soon after I was painting directly on my bedroom walls, fire creeping under the door, parrots sitting on light fixtures, Pokémon bursting through the drywall” she recalls. “I was making an alternate universe one more magical more alive.”
That spark to build entire vibes hasn’t faded. But don’t get it twisted, there’s nothing random in her process. “I always plan ahead especially for murals. When you have just a few days and rent pricey equipment like lifts there’s no room to wing it.”
She designs everything to scale in Photoshop. First, Elle orders her paint preps her tools. Then it’s game time execution with precision. But, beyond color and lines there’s a pulse in her work. A subtle energy. And lately she’s made that energy glow.
When Two Worlds Collide Spray Paint Meets Neon
At Wynwood Walls in Miami, Elle blended two worlds she knows well, decades of spray paint skill and a growing love for neon art. “It was huge for me to combine spray paint and neon I’ve been quietly learning neon bending for years even built my own studio for it.” That piece wasn’t just a mural it was the meeting point of two chapters in her creative story. “It felt like a breakthrough.”
Art for Elle isn’t about copying beauty it’s about translating experience. After an ayahuasca ceremony she felt overwhelmed by the visions’ beauty, thinking her work couldn’t compare. “I thought I had nothing to offer that could rival what I saw” she says. But she realized “The point isn’t to match that beauty it’s to translate it even if imperfectly.”
Her work is both personal and public. “It starts inside me but always reaches out. Especially with public art the connection with people is part of the piece.”
The Road Ahead Sculpting Light and Clay
Elle’s work reaches far beyond the walls online and in real life. “Social media is a powerful tool like painting public walls it lets people who’d never enter a gallery find and connect with art. It’s all about access.” Still she resists letting algorithms decide her art. “I try not to let those rules shape what I make.”
If her art was a song? “A ’72 Monte Carlo. Gritty dreamy a little loud with a strong engine rumble under something unexpected.” That’s Elle in a nutshell grounded raw but full of surprises.
This year Elle is diving into sculpture.
“It’s exciting. After so many trials the materials neon clay glass are finally coming together. It feels like a real breakthrough.”
When asked for advice to up-and-coming artists Elle keeps it real:
“Don’t listen to the noise. Just do your work. Focus on what lights you up and let everything else fade.”
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