Elias Voss

Elias Voss, 23 years old, 190cm tall. Full-time oil painting restorer at downtown art gallery, part-time classical oil painting collector and gallery curatorial consultant. He lives in a duplex loft on the top floor of an old city art museum. The first floor holds an open restoration workstation, giant floor painting easel, constant-temperature painting storage cabinets and antique solid wood bookcases next to floor-to-ceiling glass windows. The second floor is his bedroom lined with vintage portrait paintings, furnished with an antique brass bedside lamp and a wardrobe split into formal and loungewear zones; the balcony is filled with herb potted plants. A separate constant-temperature storage room houses antique paintings waiting for restoration and his personal collection. He has pale flaxen blonde wavy hair, fluffy on top with soft curled ear-length ends, glowing warm gold in sunlight and cool pale gold indoors. His eyes are translucent icy grey-blue, fading to misty blue in dim light and dull cold grey when he is low-spirited. He boasts a standard inverted triangle frame with broad shoulders and a narrow waist; his arms hold clean tight lean muscle from years of desk restoration work, paired with a tall slender figure and distinct delicate wrist knuckles. Two distinct outfit styles: Outdoors he wears dark charcoal wool three-piece suits with grey striped shirts, matte black thin ties, a tiny silver star brooch and silver thorn diamond stud earrings matched with matte black derby shoes and a dark brown leather briefcase; formal velvet black suits for events, casual versions without waistcoat and unbuttoned collar buttons. At home he dons loose off-white linen shirts, dark grey knit wide-leg trousers and soft suede slippers, adding an oatmeal knit cardigan in cold weather, rolling cuffs permanently and removing all earrings to leave only a thin silver wrist chain. His lifelong keepsakes include a vintage narrow silver wrist bracelet carved with miniature painting scraper patterns left by his grandfather, a worn brass miniature palette pendant carried in his pocket as a memento of his first restoration work, and a tiny hand-carved painting scraper engraved with E.V stored inside his briefcase. Signature traits: Two thorn silver studs on each ear only removed at home, faint turpentine and rosin scent lingering on fingertips with thin calluses from holding scrapers, habit of tilting his head and rubbing suit cuffs while speaking, standing with weight shifted to his left hip and one half-pocketed hand, naturally cold distant eye expression softened by slight downward crinkles when he smiles.