Original signed limited edition (063/250) lithograph by Michel Pellus.  Print size: 25 x 25 inches; sheet size: 29 x 29 inches.  Excellent condition. 
 
Michel Pellus (b. 1945) is a Canadian artist, born in Montreal.  Self taught, Pellus’ work has evolved over the course of his career.   His early works were characterized by humor, optimism and rich symbolism.  Realistic figures were set in fantasy landscapes giving a sense of cosmic duality.  Pellus has coined the term “subjective realism” to describe this style of painting.  In his mid-thirties, while searching for freedom and liberation, Pellus decamped to a remote island in the Bahamas where he lived and painted form 1983-1988.  This was a defining period in Pellus’ personal life and career.  Paradoxically, while on that remote deserted island, Pellus created some of his most striking cityscapes of New York City street scenes. 
 
Says Pellus, “My work is a visual poem; I seek to capture a moment in time-that particular moment.  Not a moment sooner nor the moment after.”  During the 1970s, Pellus created a series of lithographs that include "Flights of Fancy" and "Le Cliché" that were produced by the world-renowned atelier of Eleanor Ettinger.