Exhibition ‘Magical worlds’

Elora Sperber is a young mixed-media illustrator whose work explores the unpredictability of nature, the fragility of femininity and the intersection of the two. She often uses animals as symbols or to express emotions that are too difficult to put into words. The media changes, but consistent in her work is a linework reminiscent of antique etchings and Art Nouveau-like ornaments. 

Elora Sperber is a mixed media artist based in Ravenstein. She graduated in Fine Arts from Academy Minerva in Groningen in 2019. Now she seeks her niche in narrative work, finding her inspiration in nature or magical elements. She regularly works with bands on their merchandise, special editions for books or personal commissions. She can also often be found at comic cons and fantasy fairs, selling prints of her work and offering an increasingly wide range of other products. Having received several requests to use her work for tattoos, this year she started learning tattooing at Desperado under the mentorship of Eva Dekkers. In this, she prefers to keep her designs as close as possible to her ink drawings, as the line work already lends itself perfectly to that. 

Between assignments, Elora works on free work. These drawings always start with extensive shaded line work in ink, after which she may add colour with watercolour and acrylic paint. Her work is full of lush nature scenes and animals with personality. The atmospheric settings hint at a story. She likes to use animals as expressive metaphors, from prey animals working together to overcome their hunters to a three-headed wolf fighting with itself. Interwoven into some illustrations are women returning to nature, or being more animal than human themselves. 

Also available to visit during the opening hours of the gift shop Knus bij Marie.