Welcome to the Art of Brian Adam Douglas aka Elbow-Toe in articles from the artzine on artrepublic.comHis debut print has already sold out with the publisher and his originals are much sought after amongst art collectors, but who is Brian Adam Douglas and who or what is Elbow-Toe… As is becoming more often the case with street artists these days two personas appear to be forming: that of ‘street artist’ who moonlights on the corner with a step ladder and equipment stuffed under one arm and that of the ‘fine artist’; the studio residing, canvas producing artist who shows the end product in galleries. We’ve seen this in the past and we can see it here with Brian Adam Douglas. This is the name attributed to the studio artist, but Elbow Toe, that is the alter ego, the street artist whose work can be seen on outside walls all over the world. Brian Adam Douglas is a Brooklyn based artist who for the past five years has been pasting up his distinctive woodcuts in cities all over the world under the name Elbow-Toe. His work is often grounded in myth, symbolism and poetry and his distinctive style has gained him an avid following of enthusiasts both within street art and the wider art world. Douglas is one of a group of classically trained New York based artists who have chosen the street as the primary place to exhibit their work, finding the immediacy of doing so more liberating than the confines of the traditional gallery system. Douglas’s chief theme is portraiture and more recently has created a series of collages portraits. These intricate collages at first glance might be mistaken for paintings given that they have a fluidity rarely seen in collages. Whilst his work has a very definitely unique style it draws on a rich history of figurative painting and has qualities reminiscent of Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon. Brian Adam Douglas’s latest print ‘Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?’ is available at our London Gallery. If you are interested in Brian Adam Douglas and/or Elbow-Toe and would like to know further information or to enquire about other works and artists we have in the gallery call +44 (0)20 7240 7909 or email soho@artrepublic.com Return to our London section 
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