Afloat (18 X 24")
Offshore Abyss (24 X 48")
Right Bank Blues (20 X 16")
Just Offshore (11 X 14")
Rosy-Fingered Sunday (12 X 24")
Afternoon Waltz (22 X 28")
Bloodorange Dusk (11 X 14")
Extension (30 X 40")
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Artist's Statement
- Edward Bear Miller
- I am a twenty-first century painter engaged in an old, earthy struggle to affirm the fundamental experience of being alive. The art world’s infatuation with novelty and cleverness impresses me less than strong, soulful, timeless creations. Feet planted in the tradition of plein-air realism, I’m reaching for the mystical energies that inflamed the work of Dove, Carr, Hartley, Marin, and Bischoff. In my work, the paint exercises corporal presence while describing a figurative and emotional world on the picture plane. Sustained immersion in my visions yields thick, flowing, gestural brushwork. I paint in places that resonate with my own story, exploring my preferred archetypes of mountains, rivers, boats, bridges, friends, nude swimmers, clouds, fish, and trees populating wild and industrial contexts. Born and raised in the District of Columbia, I ventured far and wide before returning to DC in 2004. I am represented by the Foundry Gallery in DC, Octavia Gallery in New Orleans, and the Corscaden Barn of Art in Keene Valley, NY.
Wonderful and bold. I am going to spend some time with these and comment further,ok? But I am looking.
ReplyDeleteAfloat and Offshore Abyss are my personal favorites. Abyss has a beautiful surface and I am reminded of not Tom Tompson but one of the other of the group. I can't remember his name, right this minute. Their work still holds up pictorialy and emotionally and is heads above so much of the plein air movement which seems to favor The Hudson River or Lyme conn schools. I think where you are breaking new ground is the inclusion of man made objects.Abyss doesn't need the raft to work but it gives it scale and a human presence. Just Offshore is a cool abstraction. Afternoon waltz really works too.I love the highlights on the tree and the color in the sky. Are they your versions of Monet's haystacks? I could use your advice on something. You are so great with titles. Got any ideas for my pastel titled Choices? I feel like they are the doors of good and evil or doorways to different futures. Anyway,I always am always excited about what you do and as long as your work evokes that element of suprised discovery I consider it sucessful.
ReplyDeleteI