Cordel

Biography

Cordel was born and resides in New York.  He was born to loving and  creative parents who fostered his artistic expression from an early  age.  Cordell's father is a Pen & Ink Artist and seeing his father use these artistic tools, Cordell took them up himself.  Pens taught Cordell how to not make mistakes when he drew, as there was no eraser for pen. Over time Cordell developed his own and unique style, initially as a Pen & Ink Artist.

Flash forward to the spring of 2004.  This was the first time Cordell took up the discipline of painting.  The first time Cordell realized his creative control of paint.  He began to explore colors, strokes and composition with his new tools (brush and canvas and wood).  Soon Cordell was recreating earlier Pen and Ink characters and reshaping and forming them into beautiful paintings.  A sign of Cordell's painting is his ability to express any human emotion through his people and characters.  His work also creates a sense of joy and happiness.  His influences include Egon  Schiele, Gustav Klimt, and Toulouse Lautrec. 

Cordell: An Ode to Merrymaking and Indulgence

For New Yorker Cordell, it’s all about “La Dolce Vita”, the sweet life. Born into a family of artists, Cordell acquired the mastery of pen and ink from his father. Having marked onto a canvas or directly onto wood, lush colours are used to boldly fill in the outlines. His characters are suave, distinguished and decadent. Curvaceous figures accentuated with polka dots and stripes, scribbles and strokes, develop into Cordell’s works of revelry. Cordell’s career transformed into that of a painter in 2004, when he stepped into a local gallery and the owners were immediately captivated by his work. His creativity soared from there, participating in regional art shows, the annual New York Expo and donating his art towards a good cause. In this way, Cordell’s work has spread the world over, and is exhibited in the US, UK and Singapore. Cordell’s cosmopolitan compositions offer an exclusive glimpse into the lifestyle of the elitist. Cordell’s forte lies in his depiction of women; adorned in feather boas and flowered brooches, one is immediately charmed by their flirtatiousness and awed by their perfect poise. The men play a supporting role, charismatically entertaining the ladies with their cravats, corsages and cigars. As if his works were a still-shot from a film, Cordell’s characters seem to come alive with the language of their bodies, conversing through sparkling eyes, batting lashes and golden curls. Keep your gaze, and you may even be able to pick up a taunting line or a clink of the glasses. Champagne overflowing and martinis galore - one cannot help but get intoxicated by the celebration.