Raised and educated in Baltimore, Maryland, Eli Rosenthal came to New York City in 1953 to attend a summer session at the Art Students League and stayed on to become an award-winning advertising art director, graphic designer, sculptor and painter.

Eli is a juried member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, the New Jersey Watercolor Society, the Baltimore Watercolor Society and the the Northeast Watercolor Society. His two most recent awards are the Matilda Grich Memorial Award (Northeast Watercolor Society) and the Doris D. Schoonmaker Memorial Award (New Jersey Watercolor Society).