Artist Story

I couldn't sleep.

It was just another night in Abu Dhabi, the kind where your mind won't stop and your body is running on empty. I'd been working in television production for years, barely two hours of sleep a night, always moving, always creating for everyone else.

Then one night I saw it, just two eyes painted on a wall somewhere online.

Something inside me stopped.

I looked at my apartment, white walls, cold light, no life. And I thought: why not?

So I painted two eyes above my bed. Right on the wall. No plan, no training, no idea what I was doing, just a brush, some paint, and something I needed to get out of me.

I couldn't stop after that.

The walls filled up, then I moved to canvas, then another canvas, then another. Somewhere between the sleepless nights and the silent hours, painting became the one thing that was entirely mine, not for television, not for a client, not for anyone, just for me.

Every piece in Eliasso Atelier was born in those quiet moments, some are joy, some are tension, some are things I still can't put into words, but they're all honest, painted by hand, in acrylic, by someone who needed to make them.

I'm Elio, Lebanese by blood, Abu Dhabi by home, artist by necessity.

If something on this wall speaks to you — it probably means you needed it too.

Custom orders are open. Every piece is one of a kind. Every piece ships from Abu Dhabi. 🇦🇪

Elio, Founder of Eliasso Atelier