Eelus 'Weight Of Choice' Print Available

Artist: Eelus
Title: Weight Of Choice
Medium: Varnished Giclee Print
Size: 50 x 70 cm
Edition: 35
Prices: £200

 

Eelus is the professional alias of Lee Pennington, a self taught British artist born in Wigan in 1979 who helped shape the early UK street art scene. He began selling hand drawn Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles posters to classmates at age nine, an enterprise that funded extra chocolate bars and foreshadowed a lifelong obsession with accessible art. After moving to London in the early 2000s he adopted the moniker Eelus, a shortening of “Eel Boy,” a nickname given by an ex girlfriend who thought his tall, goth like silhouette resembled the slippery creature.

Working exclusively with hand cut stencils and aerosol, he creates high impact images that merge stark monochrome figures with sudden eruptions of candy colour, suggesting the perpetual tension between light and dark while celebrating the resilience of the human spirit. His breakthrough piece, a young girl walking a Star Wars AT-AT on a leash, appeared on East End walls and sold out as a limited print through Banksy’s Pictures on Walls label, catapulting Eelus into the international spotlight and becoming an icon of the burgeoning movement.

Invitations followed to paint at Banksy’s Cans Festival and to exhibit alongside Shepard Fairey and D*Face, yet Pennington has remained grounded, relocating to Brighton where the sea breeze informs quieter, more introspective works. Recent murals feature spectral silhouettes dissolving into prismatic rainbows, and gallery canvases layer gold leaf over pitch black forms, proving that even after two decades his visual language continues to evolve while retaining its signature optimism. Whether printing on paper, painting on brick or installing translucent sculptures in abandoned chapels, Eelus offers the same promise: beauty can bloom anywhere darkness tries to take root.