james Elia
James Michael Elia was originally from East Meadow, N.Y. and relocated to Pennsylvania in 1994, currently in Lancaster with his wife Dana and he has four children. His day job is in the healing arts where he has been a practicing family physician since 1997. "By night", he paints, hence how he derived the name for his business and website. His attention to detail in medicine has been an attribute that serves him well in his artwork as his work tends to fall between realism and impressionistic yet he is now exploring more abstract content.
As a youngster he often had a passion for making art in school. For the last 20 years he has taken it to another level by self teaching the creative process including online and in-person classes. He has been expanding his knowledge taking courses in his hometown at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster Art Association and on going classes in watercolor with a local artist. He has attended several workshops with acclaimed contemporary artists such as Sterling Edwards, Tom Lynch, Robert Burridge, and Ryan Fox.
He is currently a member of the Lancaster Art Association and the Lancaster Museum of Art and his work has been exhibited at both of these organizations. In 2023 he completed a commissioned work "Reflections at the Pinnacle" which was installed at the Penn State Lancaster Medical Center.
He is excited to write his next chapter in his artistic vision storybook by sharing his work here at the Lancaster Art Vault, local art shows such as the Lititz Outdoor Fine Art Show, Mount Gretna Outdoor Art Show, and his website artistrybynight.com.
